The table below indicates the various pros and cons for Options A and B that have been identified through the technical assessments completed to date.
Further information regarding the options is available in the following documents:
- Summary of shortlisted options
- Analysis of shortlisted options
- Detailed plans
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Option A
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Option B
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Pros
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· Meets all objectives
· Safety improvements provided to A435 junctions including business accesses at Teddington Hands
· Avoids need for a larger section of new road and crossing the Tirle Brook flood zone west of the A435
· Lower forecasted cost than Option B (but similar Value for Money)
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· Meets all objectives
· Avoids impact to properties, hedgerows and trees along the A435
· No impact on businesses accesses at Teddington Hands
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Cons
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· Impact on hedgerows and trees along the A435
· Visual impacts along the Cotswold National Landscape boundary (but less than Option B)
· Properties along the A435 would experience greater traffic noise than Option B
· Changes to businesses accesses at Teddington Hands
· Crossings of high-pressure gas mains to the south, east and northeast of Teddington Hands (same number in total as Option B)
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· Visual impacts along the Cotswold National Landscape boundary (more than Option A)
· Longer length of new road required, including crossing the Tirle Brook flood zone west of the A435 (design features would ensure no adverse flooding impacts)
· No safety improvements to A435 junctions, including businesses accesses at Teddington Hands
· Crossings of high-pressure gas mains to the to the southwest and west of Teddington Hands (same number in total as Option A)
· Higher forecasted cost than Option A (but similar Value for Money)
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