There are several significant planned works and public transport changes to watch today.
Roads and motorways
Overnight works have been taking place on the A52 eastbound between the A46 and A1, with a lane closure scheduled until 06:00 this morning.
On the M1, overnight restrictions included a southbound entry-slip closure at junction 29, scheduled to finish at 05:00. The latest available National Highways-derived feed also showed overnight works elsewhere on the motorway, but no major live incident has been identified on the Nottinghamshire section for the morning peak.
Trams
NET said in its early morning update:
Trams are serving all our stops.
The following tram departures are cancelled:
09:00 from Hucknall
07:53 from Toton Lane
07:48, 08:18 from Phoenix Park
07:22, 08:37 from Clifton South
Rail – reduced EMR timetable continues
East Midlands Railway continues to operate its temporary reduced Intercity timetable until further notice. National Rail still lists the alteration as an active disruption affecting services between Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby and Lincoln and London St Pancras, as well as Sheffield–Derby and Nottingham/Melton Mowbray–Kettering services.
There are several additional engineering alterations today.
The 06:49 Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich service will start at Warrington Central at 07:17 because of engineering work between Sheffield and Chesterfield. The change applies from Tuesday 25 to Friday 28 August.
The 05:21 Nottingham to Liverpool Lime Street is also among today’s amended services, while changes continue to London St Pancras trains and the 22:52 Leicester to Nottingham until Friday. The 23:08 Nottingham to Sheffield is amended until Thursday.
Looking ahead, industrial action is scheduled to affect EMR Intercity and Connect services on Sunday 30 and Bank Holiday Monday 31 August.
Buses – Sherwood Rise closure
A new issue affecting Nottingham City Transport is the closure of Sherwood Rise, which began on Monday.
Yellow 68, 68A, 69, 70 and 71 towards the city are diverting via Haydn Road, Hucknall Road and Mansfield Road. Stops on Sherwood Rise towards the city are not being served while the closure is in place.
Edwards Lane weekday resurfacing also continues until Friday 28 August, affecting the 40A, 87, 88, 89 and 89A.
At City Hospital, Linden Way remains closed until further notice, changing the route used by Blue 40A.
Overnight resurfacing on Westdale Lane West continues this week between 20:00 and 06:00, diverting Lilac 25/25B.
In Newark, overnight resurfacing of London Road continues on weeknights until 4 September, with Pathfinder 90 diverted between 20:00 and 06:00.
Major A6097 works now under way
The significant Kirk Hill junction works at East Bridgford are now under way.
Main construction began on Monday 24 August as part of the A614/A6097 improvement scheme. Work includes earthworks, utility diversions and removal of the existing traffic islands, lighting columns and traffic signals.
Kirk Hill and East Bridgford Road are closed for around 12 months, making this one of the most significant current road schemes for commuters in the Rushcliffe area.