A series of major highway works are scheduled to take place in Grantham throughout 2024.
Below is a list of the planned works:
Spring 2024
- SKDC’s proposed changes to the Market Place in the town centre
- Reconstruction of sections of High Street, Great Gonerby and Gonerby Road, Grantham
- Construction of a new pedestrian crossing at High Street, Great Gonerby
Summer 2024
- Reconstruction of Dysart Road
- Reconstruction of Alma Park Road
- Construction of a new Greenhill Road / Barrowby Road pedestrian crossing
- Construction of a new Barrowby Road / Poplar Farm pedestrian crossing
- SKDC’s proposed changes to Station Road and A52/A607 junction
Aims and benefits
- improved road surfacing resulting in safer and smoother journeys for residents
- improved crossing facilities for pedestrians, cyclists and others not traveling by car
- improved quality of life for residents of Grantham
Cost and funding
The total cost for the roadworks (excluding SKDC’s Market Place and Station Approach works) will cost nearly £4 million and is being funded by us.
Timeline
- March 2024: Public information event held at Jubilee Church Life Centre
- May 2024: SKDC’s changes to the Market Place begin
- May 2024: Great Gonerby road reconstruction and construction of new High Street, Great Gonerby pedestrian crossing begin
- June 2024: Construction of a new Barrowby Road / Poplar Farm pedestrian crossing begins
- July 2024: Reconstruction of Alma Park Road begins
- July 2024: Dysart Road improvements begins
- August 2024: SKDC’s changes to Station Approach junction begin
- TBC 2025*: Construction of a new Greenhill Road / Barrowby Road pedestrian crossing for one month
*All future dates are projected and subject to change dependent on external factors.
Weekly works progress
A series of major highway works are taking place in Grantham until December 2024.
Here is what’s happening during w/c 18 November.
Station Approach
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Activity |
Dates |
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Continued engagement and dialog with businesses/residents and local councillors. |
Monday 18 November – Friday 22 November |
Phase 4 – Sankt Augustin Way
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Activity |
Dates |
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Installation of kerbs and edgings. |
Monday 18 November - Wednesday 20 November |
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Install traffic signal NAL sockets. |
Monday 18 November - Tuesday 19 November |
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Trim sub-base. |
Thursday 21 November |
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Remove and replace iron works. |
Thursday 21 November – Friday 22 November |
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Install traffic signal poles and heads to Phases 2 and 3. |
Monday 18 November – Thursday 21 November |
Dysart Road
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Activity |
Dates |
|---|---|
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Employ temporary traffic lights along Dysart Road at Trent Road and Barrowby Gate in parallel with the one-way closure, to provide safe working space for deeper drainage works. These will move away from Trent Road after the works on Wednesday 13 November once surfacing is completed. |
Monday 18 November – Friday 22 November |
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Continue drainage works on north side of Dysart Road, from Yarmouth Avenue to Valley Road.. |
Monday 18 November – Friday 22 November |
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No night-time road closures on Dysart Road will be required. |
Monday 18 November – Friday 22 November |
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TM north side of Dysart for daytime works – closure will remain as westbound. |
Monday 18 November – Friday 22 November |
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Northside footway works, including tactile crossings from Yarmouth Avenue to Trent Road. |
Monday 18 November – Friday 22 November |
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Footpath surfacing works from Yarmouth Avenue to Barrowby Gate and from Barrowby Gate to Valley Road. |
Monday 18 November – Friday 22 November |