Cornwall A38 road
bat bridge on a38 dobwalls bypass, cornwall, uk. (2009)
the liskeard bypass, stretching 6 miles (10 km) west of liskeard trerulefoot, opened in june 1976. public inquiry held dobwalls bypass in february 2005, expected cost £32 million. bottleneck removed when bypass, linking existing liskeard bypass current single carriageway section through glynn valley opened in winter of 2008. campaign open road started villagers in dobwalls in 1930, planning building road not granted until 2006, work starting on 15 november year. 2 bat bridges , 1 bat house added road cut through existing bat flight lines. after opening dobwall bypass experienced problems surface water. led lane closures in winter due risk of ice. major scheme reconstruct mile of bypass started in september 2014 , expected last until may 2015. thought cost £10.6 million.
in separate improvement within glynn valley, highways agency stabilised 840-metre (0.52 mi) section of road near bodmin parkway railway station. work, commenced in october 2007, carried out shore verge, had been built on embankment supported dry stone walling , root systems of large trees. completed in may 2008 seeing installation of kerbing, road drainage gulleys, safety barriers increasing verge width allow new surface water drainage system.
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