The existing A4226 (Five Mile Lane) is a single carriageway road road in a rural location that failed to meet appropriate highway standards. The works improves the access and journey time reliability to the St Athan and Cardiff Airport Enterprise Zones. It reduces congestion along the A4050 and the A4226.
The works include provisions to improve access and safety for Non-motorised Users (NMUs) in the form of a combined footway and cycleway comprised of sections of new path and upgrades to the old road alignment.
Griffiths were appointed as Principal Contractor to this £15m NEC Option C Design and Build contract in December 2017. Working in partnership with our designers Jacobs, we were commissioned by the Employer to develop the Employers design, which had obtained planning approval, through the detailed design, construction and aftercare stages.
The construction phase consisted:
- 109,000m3 earthworks cut and fill to highways or landscaping area, with no material taken off site
- 9km of drainage
- 303 manholes
- 8 attenuation ponds
- watercourse culvert
- mammal underpasses
- 36,500m2 carriageway construction
- 2000m of Road Restraint Barrier (crash barrier)
- Street lighting at Waycock roundabout
- Landscaping throughout
