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Chelmsford North East Bypass
and Beaulieu Station
A transformational road and rail upgrade
1
Scheme
Background
Detailed plans for a new railway station This includes the new Chelmsford Garden In 2019, Essex County Council, with its
and bypass to support growth to the north Community in North East Chelmsford and partners, successfully bid for the Chelmsford
of Chelmsford have been explored for over sites at Broomfield and Great Leighs. North East Bypass and Beaulieu Railway
a decade. In 2007, Essex County Council Station as a joint project for the Government’s
and its partners laid out a long-term plan The bypass and new railway unlocks 9,000 Housing Infrastructure Fund. The fund
for Chelmsford North East Bypass and new homes in this corridor in the period up to designed to support those developments
‘safeguarded’ the land needed. 2036 and provides the potential for a further reliant on large scale infrastructure provision.
5,000 new homes in the longer term.
Chelmsford City County’s adopted Local Following an Examination in Public in
Plan and the emerging Braintree Local Plan December 2018 the Chelmsford Local Plan
make provision for significant housing and proposals were found sound by the Inspector
development growth in the Chelmsford to in 2019. They were formally adopted by
Braintree corridor. Chelmsford City Council in May 2020.
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The Chelmsford North East Bypass and
Beaulieu Station road and rail upgrade
will deliver a major economic boost to
Chelmsford City and Essex.
Essex County Council is
delighted to have been awarded
nearly £218m funding from
the Government’s Housing
Infrastructure Fund, plus £34m
of funding from the South East
Local Enterprise Partnership and
developers Countryside Zest.
The new 8km bypass will provide a missing
link to the wider strategic network, helping
to relieve the high level of traffic congestion
in Chelmsford and enabling existing routes
into the city centre to become sustainable
transport corridors.
Beaulieu Station will provide an important
transport interchange that will encourage
more sustainable travel options.
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Braintree N
To London
Stansted
Chelmsford North
East Bypass and
Beaulieu Station
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A1
NORTH
EAST
Chelmer BYPASS
Valley
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s s ex Re g
A12
Broomfield
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Colc
To
tes
Beaulieu
nu Station
Chelmsford 0 mi don
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to
KEY
New road - Proposed road
New road - Developers road
New Beaulieu railway station
Chelmsford railway station
Great Eastern Main Line
Existing road network
Housing already in development
To London
Proposed housing Southend
Park and ride
Sustainable transport links
Airport
Urban area of Chelmsford
Planned growth
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Roundabout
yy Enable the 7,000 commuters who travel to
Chelmsford from the Braintree area to get
to work more quickly.
yy Provide a strategic link between
Chelmsford, Braintree, London Stansted
Airport and the wider area.
yy Relieve congestion on local roads and
enable existing routes into Chelmsford
city centre, such as Broomfield Road What the yy Provide easier access to the A12.
bypass will do
and Essex Regiment Way to become yy Make accessing the new Beaulieu station
sustainable transport corridors. a more attractive offer, reducing the need
to travel into Chelmsford City Centre.
This will take 900 vehicles out of the city
centre each morning peak, helping reduce
pressure on the network, which currently
only has 4% capacity at peak times.
yy In conjunction with the station, the bypass
supports the sustainable delivery of over
14,000 new homes, all with excellent
choice and connectivity to a wide range of
jobs, amenities and transport modes.
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Phase 1
yy Online dualling of the existing A131
Braintree Road between Deres Bridge and How the bypass
a new roundabout at Chatham Green.
yy New single carriageway connects to the will be delivered
Beaulieu Park Radial Distributor Road
(RDR1) currently under construction.
yy Intermediate roundabout for future
connection into the Chelmsford Garden
Community (CGC) and second distributor
road (RDR2). DEVELOPMENT SINGLE DUAL
yy Construction of new roundabout at ROADS CARRIAGEWAY CARRIAGEWAY
Chatham Green and CGC RDR2 junction. Built by others Built as Phase1 Existing A131
A
R 131
Phase 2 RDR1
JUNCTION
RDR2
JUNCTION
O
AD BR
A
(future work - not part of this engagement) IN
TR
EE
yy Future creation of the southbound dual
carriageway created by adding additional
GREEN
CHATHAM
BRIDGE
DERES
southbound carriageway.
yy Chelmsford Garden Community junction
upgraded and expanded creating slip
roads with new dual carriageway below.
yy Extended dual carriageway towards the TO BOREHAM JUNCTION DUAL
A12 at Boreham Interchange with an INTERCHANGE UPGRADE CARRIAGEWAY
Built as Phase 2 Built as Phase 2
additional new junction near
Beaulieu Station.
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Main construction
works for railway
Road open
station begin
- Phase 1
April
2023
Bypass
construction Railway
starts 2025 station open
2024 /26
2022
Funding
announced
2021
2019 Submission of planning
application for bypass
Scheme
timeline Corridor has
April
2020 2020
Design and
environmental
remained impact assessment
safeguarded for the bypass
2008
Sheepcotes roundabout
A130/A131 improvement works
Public Necessary to address the
consultation 2007 immediate traffic congestion
on scheme issues on this route
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Beaulieu Station
Key Benefits
Reducing Easing Safer, Greener and Improving Supporting Economic
pressure congestion Healthier routes reliability sustainability boost
The new Beaulieu The creation of the new bypass Chelmsford has the The creation of a Alongside the station, The station will
railway station, on the will enable traffic to access the busiest two station passing loop will a transport interchange support an estimated
Great Eastern Main Line A12 more easily, helping ease platform in the UK, outside mean that trains will connect to new 2,500 additional jobs
(GEML) between London congestion on Chelmsford’s local of London. Reducing will be able to pass and existing bus, and generate in the
to Norwich, will reduce road network. The creation of a pressure by encouraging each other at the footway and cycling region of £250m
pressure on the existing new train station will further help those travelling from the station to improve networks, encouraging economic boost to
Chelmsford and Witham to ease this pressure by reducing north and east to use reliability of the sustainable travel the local area once
railway stations. The new the need for people commuting into Beaulieu Station: will whole GEML. to the station and fully constructed and
three platform station London to travel into Chelmsford mean journeys will be for onward travel. operational.
located adjacent to the by car – an estimated 900 car quicker and safer for all Charging points for
new bypass will provide journeys will be removed during by relieving congestion in electric vehicles will be
services to London in just each morning peak. For those Chelmsford’s passageways provided, promoting
40 minutes. travelling by road from the north of and staircases. Pedestrian greener use of the
Chelmsford, the new station will be delays are expected to fall road network.
reached 12 minutes quicker (via the by 17%.
bypass) than Chelmsford Station.
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Early-mid
2021
Public consultation
on Planning
Protecting the Application
Early
environment Submission of 2021
planning
application
We are committed to minimising
the environmental impacts of the
Dec
proposed bypass scheme. 2020
Environment Statement
Please see the following timeline
outlining the environment Oct 2019
-
assessment stages. Oct 2020
Environmental
assessment and
additional
ecology surveys
Feb
2020
2015 Environmental Impact
- Assessment
2019
(EIA) scoping report
Initial
ecology 2007
surveys -
2008
Environment
baseline study to
inform route alignment
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Chelmsford yy Route alignment:
Preferred bypass scheme
yy Sensitive scheme design:
Scheme includes landscape
yy Considerate Constructors
Scheme:
North East avoids sensitive areas
(e.g. Sheepcotes ancient
planting, lighting and
sound barriers to minimise
The future construction will
include traffic management,
Bypass woodland) and minimises
land severance.
visual, noise and negative
ecological effects. Design
noise and dust control and
phasing to minimise any
will also include measures potential disruption to the
Environmental to ensure no additional flood local community and
Mitigation and risk to the area. road networks.
Enhancement
9Map – Environmental factors
10How to contact us
If you would like to contact us with any questions
about the scheme or leave any feedback, please email
CNEB@essexhighways.org
More information can be found at:
www.essex.gov.uk/chelmsford-north-east-bypass
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