A lengthy diversion route will be in place as part of a series of night time road closures on a busy Lincolnshire road. The closures will be enforced as part of the improvement works on the A16 in Spalding at Springfield Roundabout.
The night-time closures will last from Monday, September 16 for up to four weeks, on weekday evenings only from 8pm to 6am. Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “We’re now ready to start laying final road surfacing at the improved roundabout and its junctions – but, to safely carry out this work, we need to close off the sections of roundabout where we’ll be working.”
He added: “We’ll be working as efficiently as possible to ensure the closures aren’t in place any longer than they need to be and we’ve scheduled them for nights to help keep disruption down. Unfortunately, the diversion routes for these night closures are quite long – between twenty and fifty miles.
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“This is because we can only substitute like-for-like roads when planning diversion routes and there are no other roads suitable for HGVs. Diverting them to B or C roads would mean having these large vehicles passing through local villages late at night, which wouldn’t be ideal.
“We’ve looked into alternative ways of working but, because we’ll be laying final surfacing around the roundabout and all of its tie-ins to the A16 and A151, as well as completing splitter islands and installing signage on the traffic islands. Because we need to ensure safe working space for our contractor, night-time road closures are the only way to carry this work out.
“As a result, we encourage anyone planning to pass through this junction overnight to leave additional time until we’re finished by mid-October.”
Diversion route
- Northern half of roundabout and A16 North – via A16 /A17 / A151, and vice versa
- Southern half of roundabout and A16 South – via A151 / A15 / A1175 / A16, and vice versa
- A151 West – via A16 / A17 / A151, and vice versa
- A151 East – via A151 / A15 / A1175 / A16, and vice versa
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