A number of important roadwork schemes will be
taking place during the school summer holidays to keep disruption
to motorists to a minimum.
Peterborough City Council will be completing
road works in five specific areas from July to September 2012.
Oundle Road bridge (southbound only), which
carries the A1260 Nene parkway over Oundle Road, is to undergo
improvement works to prolong the life of the bridge.
These works are programmed to start on Friday
28 July 2012 and will last for approximately six weeks. During the
works there will be the need to have:
- Overnight full closures of the A1260
southbound, to set up and change over traffic management (from the
Oundle Rd off-slip to junction 31 (Morley Way)
- 24hour lane closures in either the nearside
or offside lane from junction 33 (Longthorpe parkway) to junction
31 (Morley Way)
- Closure of the slip road off the parkway to
Oundle Road when the offside lane is closed to prevent traffic from
queuing back onto the single lane of the parkway.
Diversion routes will be via junction 31
(Morley Way, Shrewsbury Avenue and Oundle Road) when required.
London Road railway bridge, which carries the
A15 London Road over the railway line adjacent to Phorpres House,
is to undergo improvement works during the school holidays which
will last for approximately three weeks. During these works the
following measures will be put in place:
- Traffic will be reduced to a single lane over
the bridge, controlled by manually operated traffic lights for the
duration of the works.
- Pedestrian access will be maintained.
On Monday 23 July 2012, Hallfields Lane
bridge, which carries Hallfields Lane over Paston Brook
watercourse, is to undergo improvement works which will last for
approximately six weeks. It will be necessary to take the following
measures:
- Traffic will be reduced to a single lane over
the bridge, controlled by traffic lights for the duration of the
works
- The bridge will be fully closed for a week in
the middle of the programme, approximately w/c 13 August.
- Pedestrian access will be maintained for the
majority of the time.
The diversion route will be via Fulbridge
Road, Gunthorpe Road, Pennine Way and vice versa.
Councillor
Peter Hiller, Cabinet Member for Housing, Neighbourhoods and
Planning for Peterborough City Council, said: “The improvement
works set to take place over the next few weeks will make a huge
difference for drivers across the city. From reconstructing
surfacing to installing safety barriers, the end product will be
well worth the short term interruptions.
“These works have been scheduled to coincide
with the schools summer holidays, when traffic flows are greatly
reduced, to keep disruption to a minimum. We do apologise for any
inconvenience these works may cause motorists but as a growing city
we have to make sure that our roads are up to standard now and in
the future.”
Ends.