Homes England - Homestead Link Road - SW Rugby

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Homestead Link Road (HLR) is the primary piece of highway infrastructure required to unlock the South West Rugby development - set to deliver circa 5,000 new homes, primary and secondary schools, a new neighbourhood centre, 35 hectares of employment land and green infrastructure. The scope of works comprises the elements listed below, all as set out by planning application ref. R22/0928 which was submitted to Rugby Borough Council on 8th Sept 2022 and recommended for approval on 6th March 2024. The full details of the planning application can be found online at https://planning.agileapplications.co.uk/rugby/application-details/35529. The scope of works details: • Delivery of an approximately 2km long all-traffic single carriageway link road, including 2m verge, 2m footway and 3m cycleway on the development side of the carriageway • A Pegasus crossing • New junctions with the B4429 Coventry Road, Cawston Lane, Alywn Road, the A426 Rugby Road and to adjacent land allocated for residential development • Realigned side road accesses to several existing residential properties • A new junction off Alwyn Road, its partial re-alignment and construction of a future ‘spine road’ (part only) that will provide access to other land allocated for residential development at SW Rugby • Utilities diversions • Civils works in connection with utilities installations • Associated works including street lighting, landscaping, surface water drainage infrastructure and ground remodelling • Temporary works included maintaining access to third party properties affected by the works • Creation of circa 180,000m2 of new public open space to include informal footpaths, new and enhanced ecological habitats • Maintenance of highways works for a period of one year following highway works completion, (period subject to ongoing discussion with adopting authority) • Maintenance of the landscaping and planting for a period of one year following completion of the landscaping works, (period subject to ongoing discussion with adopting authority) Pre-construction stage enabling works including above ground vegetation removal, ecological mitigation works, (removal of bat roosts and closure of badger setts and compensatory measures) and building demolitions (the removal of affected building at Cherry Tree Farm) are being managed directly by Homes England and its incumbent consultants ahead of the main construction period. Keywords: Highways Infrastructure, Landscaping