Dudley Road Phase 6 - Dudley Road/Winson Green Road/Icknield Port Road junction: Traffic Regulation Orders - Birmingham City Council

Overview

The A457 Dudley Road/Spring Hill corridor forms part of Birmingham’s Strategic Highway Network and provides a key arterial route from the Black Country into central Birmingham. The road is heavily used by both local and through traffic and forms part of the emergency vehicle route to the M5 Motorway.

Delays as a result of congestion significantly add to business costs and discourage firms from investing and locating in this area, as well as adversely impacting on access to employment opportunities for local residents.

Walking, cycling and public transport are all vital tools in the difficult tasks of solving congestion, air quality and our climate crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has also changed people’s habits and further highlighted the importance of walking and cycling as safe and sustainable ways to travel.

We are therefore planning to improve the A457 Dudley Road/Spring Hill corridor to:

upgrade facilities for pedestrians and cyclists,
provide new bus lanes,
reduce traffic congestion through junctions.

We are seeking to implement this sixth phase of the scheme in spring/summer 2023.

This consultation is about the Traffic Regulation Orders (the legal documents required to make changes to the status of the road) associated with Phase 6 of the Dudley Road improvement scheme (junction of Dudley Road with Winson Green Road and Icknield Port Road).

About this consultation

This consultation is the formal advertisement of the Traffic Regulation Orders, the legal documentation needed to make changes to the status of the highway (road).

During this consultation, you can make comments on the proposals or submit a formal objection (which must include the grounds for the objection). You can either make your response via this webpage (please provide your contact details as part of your response) or you can post a written objection to: Assistant Director - Transport & Connectivity, Place, Prosperity & Sustainability Directorate, Birmingham City Council, PO Box 14439, Birmingham, B2 2JE.

All responses must be received by 2 June 2023.

If you have chosen to object to the proposed orders, you may be contacted by a project officer to further discuss your objection.

If you have any questions about this consultation or need help understanding the plans, please contact transport.projects@birmingham.gov.uk

What is included in this consultation?

A Traffic Regulation Order, or TRO, is the legal documentation required to make changes to the status of the highway (road). This consultation is to make residents and businesses aware of the proposals to introduce, amend and make permanent, TROs on the A457 Dudley Road corridor at its junction with Winson Green Road and Icknield Port Road.

A TRO is accompanied by a plan (map) showing the proposed measures visually.

The TROs in this consultation include two types of change: parking restrictions; traffic movements.

There is also information regarding the installation of segregated cycleway and non-segregated shared use footway/cycleway and the upgrading of pelican crossings to toucan crossing facilities (for pedestrians & cyclists).

Overview plan

This plan has been created to help explain the scheme by showing all of the proposals on one plan.