Grantham Market Place July update

The latest update on Grantham Market Place.

Stone cobbles removed across whole site / whole site excavated and trimmed to formation
Kerbs and concrete base slabs removed from the Westgate and Market Place carriageway entrance raised tables
Kerbs re-laid at new levels to the car park access, Conduit Lane north access and the Westgate raised table
Installed three new road gullies and associated drainage connections
Raised manholes and service chambers to new design levels
Continued laying lower levels of new road surfacing throughout site
Discovered an existing well in the main carriageway, removed existing brick arched cover and replaced with a pre-cast concrete cover slab
Cleaned nearly 1,600 stone setts and drecycled by donation to Harrowby Football Club
Laid new granite cobbles and Yorkstone setts to the first 20m of Westgate Road and the layby

Raise levels of additional road gully and manhole covers
Backfill sub-base to newly-discovered well area and install base and binder surfacing to the Market Place entrance
Continue laying granite cobbles and Yorkstone setts, including applying jointing material

Full road closure of the Market Place and a soft closure on Conduit Lane (access maintained for taxi rank)
24/7 barriers around the whole Market Place construction area (all pedestrian areas are accessible)
Access maintained to the temporary parking area outside Eden, Gravity and Revolution (this access will be suspended in the coming month to give safe working space to remove the Conduit Lane raised table)
Access maintained to the footway outside the Conduit Lane Tearooms and the Reflect Recruitment Offices
Removed bollards at the top of Butchers Walk for ease of deliveries to businesses
Loading areas maintained at the top of Market Place junction with Watergate and on Narrow Westgate

Parking access at the road table top of the Market Place will be closed from Friday 12 July until to mid-August

Published: 2nd July 2024