Work on the new Harwell Link road will begin in the coming weeks.

Contractors will start to carry out preparation work such as site clearance from 1 December before the main phase of work gets under way in the new year.

We will keep you updated on progress through these email bulletins and include photos of the project as it starts to take shape. You can also find out more about the scheme at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/harwelllink

About the road

The £11.8m project, which will connect the B4493 to the A417, is the latest in a package of improvements from the Science Vale Transport Strategy to be built and aims to improve access to the Enterprise Zone and reduce local congestion.

The strategy is to provide a more direct route from housing developments west of Didcot at Great Western Park and Valley Park to Harwell Oxford Campus.

The project aims to:

• increase the capacity of the local road network
• relieve Harwell village of through traffic by 250 trips per hour
• provide greater route choice
• relieve congestion elsewhere on the network.

Work is expected to be complete in Spring 2018.