Balfour Beatty to start £355m Hull A63 scheme

Final sign-off for the five-year Castle Street improvement project was confirmed last week by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

Now the council has given Balfour Beatty the go-ahead to set up a site compound and start work on the ground.

The whole scheme is expected to cost £355m, with Balfour Beatty awarded the contract – then worth £75m – six years ago.

The major Highways England project, which is a key scheme in Transport for the North’s strategic transport plan, will see the creation of a new junction by lowering the level of the A63 at the Mytongate junction by 7m.

Ferensway and Commercial Road will cross the A63, creating a split-level junction.

The eastbound carriageway between Princes Dock Street and Market Place will be widened to three lanes, and a new bridge built over the A63 at Porter Street.

updated: 04/06/2020