A1 Scotswood to North Brunton

We’re increasing the current two lanes of the A1 in each direction to three lanes between Scotswood and North Brunton.

Start date March 2020

End date November 2022

Cost £100 million to £120 million

Latest updates

14 November 2022

Minister celebrates successful scheme opening

Roads Minister, Richard Holden, visited the region last week and officially marked the successful opening of this improvement scheme.

The event including local stakeholders, project teams from both National Highways and Costain Jacobs Partnership, including some of the apprentices that worked on the scheme.

Watch a video highlighting the benefits of the scheme.

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Project information

The scheme is focused on improving the economic performance of the region and improving accessibility to jobs and services whilst supporting additional development in the area.

Population and economic growth requires additional housing and economic land to be developed and there are a number of specific development sites in the immediate vicinity of the route which will have a direct impact on traffic conditions.

Once complete the scheme will provide wider economic impacts for business users and freight. These will result from the improvement in links between locations of economic importance in the region, such as Team Valley Employment Zone, Intu Metrocentre and Newcastle Airport

Without appropriate intervention to improve the performance of the A1 in this location, the problems would be expected to deteriorate further in the future as traffic levels increase.

We intend to: