Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Pros

·         Meets objectives in relation to safety, journey time savings and sustainable travel

·         Avoids impact on properties along Bozard Lane and Claydon Solar Farm

·         Lower forecasted cost

·         Meets all objectives

·         Maximises potential traffic relief to existing A46

·         Supports scope of future Garden Communities development

·         Avoids impact on properties in Fiddington area

·         Fewer crossings of high-pressure gas mains than Option 1 (same as Option 3)

·         Better Value for Money than Option 1 (similar to Option 3)

·         Meets all objectives

·         Maximises potential traffic relief to existing A46

·         Supports scope of future Garden Communities development

·         Avoids impact on properties in Fiddington area

·         Avoids impact on Claydon Solar Farm

·         Fewer crossings of high-pressure gas mains than Option 1 (same as Option 2)

·         Better Value for Money than Option 1 (similar to Option 2)

Cons

·         Provides less traffic relief to existing A46 than other options

·         Unlikely to support the level of traffic growth as part of future Garden Communities development as well as other options.

·         Impacts residential, farming and equestrian properties north of Fiddington, and diversion of Fiddington to Tredington Road would be required

·         More crossings of high-pressure gas pipelines than other options

·         Poorer Value for Money than other options

·         Land take required along southern boundary of Claydon Solar Farm

·         May impact on residential and farming properties along Bozard Lane and diversion of Bozard Lane could be required

·         Higher forecasted cost than Option 1 (slightly lower than Option 3)

·         Diversion of Bozard Lane required and may impact on residential and farming properties along Gotherington Fields Lane

·         Longest route overall with more land take than other options

·         Higher forecasted cost than Options 1 and 2