The two Grantham projects are still set to be finished this December.
Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “Our final two Grantham improvement schemes for 2024 are continuing ahead as planned, with both still on track to be finished ahead of Christmas this year.
“We just need the weather to cooperate with us as we head into autumn and winter, so it stays as dry as possible. We've had a fair bit of heavy rain over the past couple weeks which, luckily, hasn't delayed either project. But as we get closer to the end of both schemes, we'll need dry weather so we can lay the final layer of tarmac – which can’t be laid when it’s wet.
“I want to thank everyone for their continued patience while both sets of work are being carried out. We’ll continue doing all we can to keep disruption to a minimum.”
Combined project facts and figures
- over 19,000 hours spent working on both projects
- 2,200 tonnes of road building material used
- over a quarter-mile of new kerbing and drainage laid
- a mile and a quarter of footway improvements
Works completed to date
Dysart Road
- completed the south side footways
- started works on the north side footway, from Dysart Industrial Estate to Coles Way
- started drainage works the north side of Dysart Road, from Kempton Way to Ventnor Avenue
- topsoiled the verges on the south side of Dysart Road, from Goodliff Road and The Avenue
- began carriageway reconstruction in various location under full road closures
Station Approach
Phase 1 – Westgate and Wharf Road traffic island and surrounds
- installed new kerbing to the raised areas of island and infilled with concrete
- removed guard railing from Westgate, Wharf Road corner and laid new slabs
- installed new traffic signal infrastructure, including a controller, connectors, poles, cabling and ducts
- laid new tactile paving and edgings
- laid initial footway surfacing, ready for the final layer
Phase 2 – Wharf Road andStation Road traffic island and Station Road footway
- excavated the traffic island and small central splitter island
- installed twelve new sockets for traffic signals
- removed guard railing from Station Road and Wharf Road corner and slabs from the Station Road footway
- installed new kerbs to the raised areas of the island and the splitter island
- excavated the Station Road/ Harlaxton Road corner and laid new tactile paving here and at five other locations
- carried out edging work in the traffic island’s tactile areas
- compacted footway foundation and laid initial footway surfacing, ready for the final layer
Current and upcoming traffic management
- ongoing until late December 24 hours, seven days a week, westbound closure of Dysart Road
- ongoing until early November night-time closures between Dysart Road railway bridge and Trent Road, weekday evenings only from 7pm to 6am
- Tuesday 5 November for two weeks night-time closures between Trent Road and Low Road (A1 overbridge), weekday evenings only from 7pm to 6am
- Monday 28 October to mid-November – closure of slip road off Harlaxton Road to Sankt Augustin Way
- temporary traffic signals to take traffic coming from Harlaxton Road counter-clockwise around the traffic island on the Harlaxton Road and Sankt Augustin Way junction while works are carried out at this location
- mid-November to mid-December – removal of the right-hand lane from Westgate into Sankt Augustin Way
- diversion route via Wharf Road, High Street (B1174), Barrowby Road, Sankt Augustin Way, and vice versa
- mid-December for eight evenings – full night-time road closures at Station Approach from 7pm to 6am, weekday evenings only from 7pm to 5:30am
- diversion route via the B1174 High Street and London Road, Tollemache Road, A1, Harlaxton Road, and vice versa.
The Dysart Road improvement project is expected to cost £3 million.
South Kesteven District Council's Station Approach project is being fully funded by a portion of the £4.1 million of Grantham Future High Street Fund funding awarded to the South Kesteven District Council in 2020 by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government.
For more information about these and other major highways projects, visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/majorprojects.