CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ...

Highway Improvements5.16 The following schemes have the benefit of planning permission:1. A500(T) Pathfinder Project – under construction2. A50 (T) Grade Separation – under construction3. Tunstall Northern By Pass4. City Centre Link Road (Potteries Way completion)5. Tunstall South Western Access Link Road.Highway Proposals5.17 A limited number of additional strategic highway schemes are advanced tocomplement regeneration. They will be further developed through the relevant AreaAction Plan.Policy SS25 – Etruria Valley LinkProviding an access link to Etruria Valley from the A500 and across the Trent and MerseyCanal.Reasoned Justification5.18 To facilitate regeneration of the Etruria Valley and provide sustainable transportconnections to the City Centre, Newcastle and Burslem.Policy SS26 – Stoke Inner Relief RoadProvision of an Inner Relief Road around the south western edge of the Stoke Town Centre.Reasoned Justification5.19 This scheme will build upon the improvements arising from the implementation of theA500 Pathfinder Project and remove unnecessary through traffic from the mainshopping streets of Stoke Centre.Policy SS27 – Westport Road and Federation Road Junction Improvements.To improve traffic circulation around the north western point of Burslem Town Centre.Reasoned Justification5.20 This will help remove unnecessary traffic from the town centre to facilitateenvironmental highway improvements.Policy SS28 – Burslem South East Access RoadTo provide a new link road between Waterloo Road and Moorland Road.56