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A494 road
The A494 is a trunk road in Wales and England. The route, which is officially known as the Dolgellau to South of Birkenhead Trunk Road, runs between the terminus of the M56 motorway between Mollington and Capenhurst and the A470 at Dolgellau, Gwynedd. Its northern sections remain among the busiest roads in Wales.
In the 1920s the A494 ran from Dolgellau to Queensferry.
A dual carriageway bypass of the what had been the A548 through Queensferry opened in 1962, and was numbered as A494. This incorporated a fixed-arched bridge, in contrast to the two moveable bridges then downstream of it. This was permitted as the closure of the sea-going wharfs at Saltney had led to a reduction in larger river traffic.
Parts of the road were diverted over the following years, including the Mold, Ruthin and Drws y Nant sections, and it was truncated at the Dolgellau end when the town was bypassed. In 2009 the A494 was extended to reach the M56, following improvements to what had been sections of the A550 and A5117.
This section forms part of the North Wales coast route between Holyhead and the M56 motorway. The section of the A494 north of the River Dee was upgraded to four lanes plus hard shoulders in each direction in 2004 as part of a wider scheme, which upgraded the A550 as well, although not all of the lanes on the A494 have been opened.
The next stage of the scheme was to widen a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) stretch of the A494 from the River Dee up Aston Hill to the Ewloe Interchange, the junction of the A55 and A494, to three and four-lane plus hard shoulder standard.
In April 2006, local residents living at Aston Hill, part of the proposed route, began a campaign to oppose any further widening of the A494. After 15 months, protesters' high-profile message had garnered more than 2,300 individual letters and numerous petitions rejecting the proposals. A planning inquiry was held in September and October 2007.
In March 2008 the proposals (in entirety) were ordered to be scrapped by Ieuan Wyn Jones, Deputy First Minister, responsible for Transport at the Welsh Assembly.
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A494 road
The A494 is a trunk road in Wales and England. The route, which is officially known as the Dolgellau to South of Birkenhead Trunk Road, runs between the terminus of the M56 motorway between Mollington and Capenhurst and the A470 at Dolgellau, Gwynedd. Its northern sections remain among the busiest roads in Wales.
In the 1920s the A494 ran from Dolgellau to Queensferry.
A dual carriageway bypass of the what had been the A548 through Queensferry opened in 1962, and was numbered as A494. This incorporated a fixed-arched bridge, in contrast to the two moveable bridges then downstream of it. This was permitted as the closure of the sea-going wharfs at Saltney had led to a reduction in larger river traffic.
Parts of the road were diverted over the following years, including the Mold, Ruthin and Drws y Nant sections, and it was truncated at the Dolgellau end when the town was bypassed. In 2009 the A494 was extended to reach the M56, following improvements to what had been sections of the A550 and A5117.
This section forms part of the North Wales coast route between Holyhead and the M56 motorway. The section of the A494 north of the River Dee was upgraded to four lanes plus hard shoulders in each direction in 2004 as part of a wider scheme, which upgraded the A550 as well, although not all of the lanes on the A494 have been opened.
The next stage of the scheme was to widen a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) stretch of the A494 from the River Dee up Aston Hill to the Ewloe Interchange, the junction of the A55 and A494, to three and four-lane plus hard shoulder standard.
In April 2006, local residents living at Aston Hill, part of the proposed route, began a campaign to oppose any further widening of the A494. After 15 months, protesters' high-profile message had garnered more than 2,300 individual letters and numerous petitions rejecting the proposals. A planning inquiry was held in September and October 2007.
In March 2008 the proposals (in entirety) were ordered to be scrapped by Ieuan Wyn Jones, Deputy First Minister, responsible for Transport at the Welsh Assembly.