Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15632

M5: Accidents

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for the proposed M5 Junction 9 and A46 (Ashchurch) Transport Scheme to mitigate collisions on the M5.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Gloucestershire County Council’s proposals for this scheme have focused on developing a relief road to mitigate increased traffic from the planned Tewkesbury Garden Community and to offer relief to Junction 9 of the M5.  The traffic modelling for the prop...

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