A series of night-time road closures will be in place as part of the ongoing improvement works taking place on the A16 in Spalding at Springfield Roundabout.
Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, 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.”
Dates and timeframes
Monday 16 September for up to four weeks, weekday evenings only (subject to weather).
A phasing plan will be updated daily at https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/springfieldroundabout.
Location of works
A16/A151 Springfield Roundabout – phased closures as follows:
- Northern half of roundabout and A16 North
- Southern half of roundabout and A16 South
- A151 West
- A151 East
Traffic management
Night-time road closures from 8pm to 6am.
Temporary traffic lights as needed in conjunction with the night-time closures.
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
Cllr Davies 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. 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.”
The project is being funded by a portion of the £20m in funding awarded to the county council from Central Government in October 2021. The remaining funding is being used across four other projects, including improvements to Spalding’s A16/B1180 Pinchbeck Roundabout, the A16 Marsh Lane Roundabout, and footway/cycleway improvements in Boston and Spalding.
For more information about this and other major highways projects, visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/majorprojects.
