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QMC bus stop closes for three weeks for improvement works

Three weeks of improvement works to the main bus stop outside the Queen’s Medical Centre will start on Monday (4 November).

 

As part of a number of ‘pinch point’ schemes under the wider Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), the aim is to support bus journeys across the city along important routes that are known to experience delays.

These latest works will improve the bus stop QM02, on Derby Road, which is situated outside the main entrance of the hospital. The project will include:

  • Changing the line of the kerb to help buses pull up to the stop, making it easier for passengers to get on and off;
  • Providing tactile ‘warning’ paving to help people with visual impairments or blindness navigate and locate the boarding point;
  • Addressing the issue of rutting – depressions in the road surface left by bus tyres over time – through the application of a ‘Hardipave’ treatment;
  • Pavement resurfacing between the bus stop and the pedestrian crossing.

During these works, there will be a pavement closure, and the QM02 bus stop will not be in use.

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Pedestrians will need to follow a signed diversion route from the QMC roundabout along Derby Road service road or cross at the pedestrian crossing.

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A temporary bus stop will be provided around 100 metres to the right of the existing stop, and signs will be in place for passengers of the following services:

  • NCT: 34, 34C, 35, 36, N34
  • CT4N: 18, 18a, 18b, 18x, 20, L2
  • Trentbarton: Red Arrow, Indigo, I4

There will also be lane closures during the second week of the programme, starting on Monday 11 November, to provide a safe working space for applying the Hardipave surfacing treatment.

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