M4 Junction 33 Capacity Improvement

IWA Scheme Overview and Task List

Scheme Overview
The M4 J unction 33 links the M4 motorway, a dual three lane motorway (120kph) with the
A4232, a dual two lane trunk road (120kph).
The junction is to the West of Cardiff in South Wales and is the strategic western route into
Cardiff and designated route to Cardiff Airport.

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M4 Junction 33 Capacity Improvement
IWA Scheme Overview and Task List

The junction struggles with capacity issues and, as part of the South Wales Trunk Road
Agent (SWTRA) Framework, we have been commissioned to investigate opportunities to
improve these problems, develop the detailed design and support a contractor in achieving
an opening of the scheme by the end of March 2015.

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IWA Scheme Overview and Task List

M4WestboundCarriagewayLookingWest,startofdivergeforJunction33

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Early stage assessment work has identified options to provide a dedicated lane for vehicles
leaving the M4 from the east to travel south on the A4232 and for vehicles travelling north on
the A4232 joining the M4 in a westerly direction. It is believed that these improvements can
be delivered within the proposed timescale for road opening assuming a zero landtake and
an alternative option that would require land acquisition by negotiation. All options art likely
to include some form of retainment. These options are shown in the following plans;
B1844701/TO075/D/012 Western Option
B1844701/TO075/D/035 East Quadrant 1 in 2 Slopes
B1844701/TO075/D/052 East Quadrant Varying Slopes up to 70
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These drawing are contained in Appendix A and are at outline stage that will be liable to
change as the scheme develops.
Task List
The following list identifies those areas of project delivery that we currently believe will
require ID support in the delivery;
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- Alignment Design

Design Specification
- To be done to the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works and cover the
following series;
100 Series Preliminaries Numbered Appendices
200 Series Site Clearance Numbered Appendices
300 Series Fencing Numbered Appendices
400 Series Road Restraint Systems Numbered Appendices
500 Series Drainage and Service Ducts Numbered Appendices
600 Series Earthworks Numbered Appendices
700 Series Road Pavement Numbered Appendices
1100 Series Kerbs, Footways and Paved Areas Numbered Appendices
1200 Series Traffic Signs Numbered Appendices
1300 Series Road Lighting Columns Numbered Appendices
1400 Series Electrical Works Numbered Appendices
1500 Series Motorway Communications Numbered Appendices
1600 Series Structures Numbered Appendices
2500 Series Special Structures Numbered Appendices
3000 Series Landscape and Ecology Numbered Appendices

AutoCAD
- Production of drawings to support design specification

Traffic Modelling
- Updating of existing modelling to include output from CCTV survey

Drainage Modelling
- Using WinDes by Microdrainage to model existing and proposed drainage

M4 Junction 33 Capacity Improvement
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KeySigns
- Production of sign face details and post and foundation design

KeyLines
- Production of lining design

ArcGIS
- Environmental Plans

Slope Stability
- Analysis of earthworks slopes

Structural Design
- Design of any retaining structures and/or modification to existing structures
- Application of Eurocodes may be required
All design must be compliant with the requirements of the Manual of Contract Documents for
Highway Works (MCDHW) and the Design Manuals for Roads and Bridges (DMRB).
The delivery of the project will be managed in accordance with the requirements of the
SWTRA Integrated Delivery Briefing Document attached for information.
SWTRA - Integrated
Delivery Briefing Docu

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Appendix A
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