THE long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on traffic patterns should be considered before a decision is made about proceeding with the proposed 'Red Route' scheme, a petitions committee has said. A report by the Senedd Petitions Committee, published on Tuesday (March 2), recommends that the Welsh Government looks carefully at whether the plans for A55/A494/A548 Deeside Corridor Improvement, the so called ‘Red Route’, should go ahead in light of the pandemic. The ‘Red Route’ is a £250m scheme aiming to ease congestion problems along the A495 and A55 from Sealand to Northop. Plans will see a new 13km two-lane dual carriageway, linking the A55-A5119 Northop Junction (Junction 33) with the A494 and A550 north of Deeside Parkway Junction, via Kelsterton Interchange and the Flintshire Bridge.