Nottingham City Council will be carrying out overnight resurfacing works on key city centre routes this August.
These works will mean the roads are completely resurfaced with new tarmac, creating a new road surface that is expected to last for around 25 years.
This project is funded by Transforming Cities via the City Centre Cycle Routes project, following earlier works to add cycle lanes to these areas.
To keep disruption to a minimum, works are taking place:
- Overnight between 8 pm – 5 am
- On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, with no work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights
- During August when traffic is normally lighter.
Councillor Angela Kandola, Portfolio Holder for Highways, Transport and Planning said:
“I’m grateful to our Highways Team for planning these works to minimise disruption by ensuring the work will take place overnight when traffic flows are lowest. We would advise drivers to plan and allow extra time their journeys.
“While these works may cause some short-term disruption, the improvements will make journeys into and out of Nottingham safer for decades to come.”
Works will take place in three phases:
Phase 1 – London Road (Between Station Street and BBC Island) – Nights of Monday 31st – Thursday 3rd August (4 nights)
- Movement toward the city (northbound) is maintained on one lane.
- Lower Parliament Street and London Road will be closed away from the city (southbound) from the junction with Pennyfoot Street. A signed diversion will be in place via Pennyfoot Street > Manvers Street> Meadow Lane > County Road > London Road. Access to Canal Street will be available by following the diversion.
- City Link – Entry and exit closed at London Road. Alternative access via Manvers Street.
- Great Northern Close – Entry and exit will be maintained until 10pm when businesses close but then will be closed.
- Trent St/ Station Street operates as normal with exit available on to London Road.
Phase 2 – London Road (Between Station Street and BBC Island) – Nights of Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th August (2 nights)
- Movement toward the city (northbound) maintained on one lane.
- Lower Parliament Street and London Road will be closed away from the city (southbound) from the junction with Pennyfoot Street. A signed diversion will be in place via Pennyfoot Street > Manvers Street> Meadow Lane > County Road > London Road. Access to Canal Street will be available by following the diversion.
- City Link – No entry. Alternative access via Manvers Street. Exit maintained (northbound only, follow diversion for southbound).
- Great Northern Close – Entry and exit maintained (entry from south only, exit to north only).
- Trent Street / Station Street – No exit on to London Road, this will be managed via Trent Street by TM operatives. Taxi ranking will be relocated on to Canal Street (outside Eversheds Sutherland)
Phase 3 & 4 – Trent St and Station St – Nights of Wednesday 9th August – Monday 21st August (excluding Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights) (7 nights)
- No vehicular access available to Trent Street and Station Street.
- Vehicles needing to exit the area will be managed by the traffic management team.
- Taxi ranking will be relocated on to Canal Street (outside Eversheds Sutherland).
- There will be lane closures on London Road for the installation of the central reservation, footway and cycleway surfacing etc. All movements will be maintained.
