It has not decided how many new junctions could be built should the M48 be reclassified. The Welsh Government estimates it would take at least six to 12 months for reclassification to come into effect, from the moment the decision was taken. It says that any mid-way change in the road’s classification would need to be at a junction, to enable non-motorway traffic to leave the road. The DfT’s view is that a road should not change its classification solely because the road crosses the boundary between one jurisdiction and another, but it does not rule out partial reclassification of the M48. To subscribe, click here, enter your email address and follow the simple instructions.
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It's completely free and you can unsubscribe at any time. Now more than ever this sort of journalism matters and we want you to be able to access it all in one place with one click. and Wales Matters delivers the best of WalesOnline's coverage of politics, health, education, current affairs and local democracy straight to your inbox. Last year the Burns Commission recommended building a new junction on the M48 to provide a rapid bus route to Severn Tunnel Junction station.Ī connection to Severn Tunnel Junction from the M48 would also divert some of the station’s park and ride car traffic away from nearby villages. To reach Cardiff, they drive through Rogiet, Undy and Magor to access the M4.Ĭouncil officers say the single-carriageway B4252, roughly parallel to the M48, now carries more traffic than the four-lane M48. Residents of Caldicot, for example, use local roads for several miles – often with queueing at Chepstow’s High Beech roundabout – to reach the M48 for travel towards Bristol. There are no opportunities for vehicles to join or leave the M48 in the eight miles between Chepstow and Magor. The problem is that the M48 no longer pulls its weight – while communities in Monmouthshire are plagued with heavy traffic. Now Welsh Government officials are considering whether it would be more appropriate for the M48 to be classed as a humble A road. See our latest politics, health and education news here The M4 was diverted to the new bridge and the road over the old one became the M48. The towering structure, once an icon of post-war progress, lost most of its traffic in 1996 with the opening of the Prince of Wales Bridge further down the estuary. The Severn Bridge could be stripped of its motorway status as part of plans to ease traffic pressures on other parts of the road network.