P-06-1360 Build a simple slip-road between the M48 westbound and M4 eastbound at Rogiet

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This petition was submitted by Matthew Kimberley, having collected a total of 368 signatures.

Text of Petition:                    

Every time the Severn Bridge (M48 Crossing) is closed to traffic, the area including Chepstow, Caldicot, Magor with Undy and Newport East grind to a literal halt. This is, in broad terms, because the Chepstow traffic heading for England has to either circle around the minor roads past Caldicot and through Magor, or head directly down the M48 to M4 J23, turning around the roundabout en masse and preventing Newport and Magor traffic flowing out onto J23. This situation must, and can be, ended.

Additional Information:

On 13/03/2023 at 07:25 I left my address in Undy, heading to work in Portishead. Having left Manor Chase onto the B4245 I almost immediately joined a traffic queue, and the result was that the normal journey of around four/five minutes to reach the M4 J23 eastbound entry slip road took exactly two and a half hours. I had to persist as I was enrolled on a mandatory training course that required physical attendance. This story is not rare; hundreds, if not thousands of people go through very similar ones every time the Severn Bridge is closed to traffic. The entirety of this corner of Wales has to suffer this 'off-switch' and the issue could so easily be alleviated by a simple and comparatively inexpensive slip road between the M48 westbound and the M4 eastbound between Rogiet and Undy. The land is currently only a field, the topography is favourable and a slip road would wholly prevent the effective blocking-off of the J23 roundabout by Chepstow traffic, leaving the switch 'on'. 

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 13/11/2023.

The Committee considered the correspondence from the Welsh Government and noted that there are no plans to introduce a slip road in this location, and that this particular issue would not meet the criteria for funding for new roads following the Roads Review.

In light of this Members agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 13/11/2023.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Newport East
• South Wales East

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