6.7 km
Dual lane carriageway
A3 Hindhead
RPS was appointed to undertake the landscape and visual impact and ecological assessments for the Environmental Statement and to develop the landscape and ecological design for the A3 Hindhead improvement scheme in Surrey.
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Key details
Project name
A3 Hindhead
Client
Highways Agency (consultant to Mott Macdonald / Balfour Beatty)
Location
Surrey, England
Services provided
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
- Ecological assessment
- Expert witness at Public Inquiry
- Landscape and ecological design
- Environmental coordination
- Landscape and ecological clerk of works
Challenge
This environmentally sensitive scheme included designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Protection Areas (SPA), Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Areas of Special Landscape Quality (ASLQ) sites. Whilst these designations placed significant constraints on the project, they also created extraordinary opportunities for environmental and landscape gain.
Even without traffic the existing A3 was an intrusive element in the dramatic landscape of the Devil’s Punch Bowl.
In addition, much of the common land was in the ownership and management of the National Trust. The project therefore required an Appropriate Assessment and the provision of exchange land to compensate for common land taken by the scheme.
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Project statistics
1.9 km
Twin bore tunnels under the Devil's Punch Bowl
200,000
Trees and shrubs planted
370 £m
Construction value