The Bristol/Bath to South Coast Study is a transportation study initiated by the United Kingdom's Government Office for the South West and

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. It was undertaken by

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as a result of the de-trunking in 1999 of the A36/A46 trunk road network from Bath to

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. The final study reports were published in 2004.

Findings

The study showed that an A36-A46 link road (to the east of Bath) would significantly reduce HGV traffic in Bath. It was also shown to reduce traffic volumes in

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and

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. The proposed link road was costed at £40M.

References

External links

Final report

South West Regional Assembly technical documents (transport)
* via

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* 2004 in England Transport in South West England 2004 documents {{Econ-stub