Status
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Construction scheme
(proposed) |
Where
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To
construct a link road connecting the
Bowtown Road to the Movilla Road round
the east of Newtownards. |
Total
Length
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1.4 km / 0.9 miles
|
Dates
|
2007 - Included in
Sub-Regional Transport Plan
March 2009 - Included in adopted Ards
and Down Area Plan
No plans for
construction - likely to be developer
led
|
Cost
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Unknown - to be
funded by private developers
|
Photos
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None as yet -
please contact me if you have any to
contribute. |
See
Also
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General
area map - Google Maps
Ards
and Down Area Plan 2015 -
Planning Service
|
The Ards and Down Area Plan 2015, which was
adopted in 2009, foresees significant growth in
housing in Newtownards. The land is divided into
two "Phases". Phase 1 lands must be fully
developed before Phase 2 lands are released. The
bulk of the proposed housing land lies to the
east of the town (Phase 1) and the north-east of
the town (Phase 2). The largest area of land has
the designation NS 19 and is shown on the map
below. A condition of planning is that a
distributor road must be built traversing the
site, connecting Bowtown Road to Movilla Road.
The route of this road will be up to the
developer of the lands in question, but by
way of illustration I have included below an
example of a route that such a road might take.
But bear in mind that this is pure conjecture.
The NS 19 housing lands are shown in red, while
a possible route of the road is shown as a blue
line.
This scheme ties in to two other schemes that
will, ultimately, lead to the creation of a
partial "ring" road round the east of
Newtownards from the A20 Portaferry Road in the
south to the A21 Bangor Road dual-carriageway in
the north. The two further components that would
be needed to make this a reality are:
At the time of writing (August 2014) there is
no sign of any work taking place in the NS 19
housing area, and therefore no sign of this road
being built in the near future. The only
reference to the scheme in recent years was at
the "sod cutting" ceremony of the A20 Southern
Distributor in April 2008 when
the "roads" minister said "With [the
Southern Distributor] will come further road
proposals as this A20 Southern Distributor is
extended from the Portaferry Road to the
Bowtown Road, to Movilla Road, to Donaghadee
Road and in due course to the Bangor Road."
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