A46 Dunholme/Welton Roundabout update – Works to reconstruct Lincoln Road continue

Welton December update

Work has started on the wider shared cycleway/footway around the new roundabout.

What we achieved in November

  • Started construction of new and wider 2.5m shared cycleway/footway on the A46 and around the new roundabout
  • Completed installation of Anglian Water main and a new smaller main near commercial site
  • Continued installing new drainage along the newly-aligned Lincoln Road, including 14 new gullies and connections
  • Laid an additional 1,000 tonnes of new tarmac throughout the site
  • Constructed 350m of new kerbing from the new roundabout towards Welton and Dunholme
  • Finished installing all the BT boxes and new cables
  • Laid over 750 tonnes of stone for the road foundation north of the new roundabout

What's happening in December

  • Commission new Anglian Water mains and BT cables / remove old pipes and cables
  • Lay final 80m of kerbing for the new Lincoln Road
  • Excavate final 1,000 tonnes of earth for new ditch at Lincoln Road
  • Demolish and remove sections of A46 to allow the new roundabout approach to be constructed and the old concrete foundation to be removed
  • Lay new kerbs on the A46 from Horncastle Lane to new roundabout
  • Continue drainage works, including building new gullies and manholes

Current/Ongoing traffic restrictions and closures

  • Temporary 30mph speed limit on the A46
  • Full road closure of Lincoln Road Welton until the end of January
    • Diversion via Honeyholes Lane / Ryland Road / Lincoln Road Dunholme / A46, and vice versa
  • Right-turn ban from A15 onto Heath Lane into Welton and from Heath Lane onto A15 until the end of January
  • Temporary traffic signals, as required, from 9:30am to 3:30pm on the A46 from now until mid-December

Upcoming traffic restrictions and closures

  • Temporary 24/7 traffic signals on the A46 from mid-December 2020 to the end of the works
  • Full closure of the Horncastle Lane, at its junction with the A46 until the end of February
    • Diversion via the A46 to Nettleham Roundabout then to the A46/A15 Riseholme Roundabout; then the A15 to the A15-A1500 Roundabout (which joins with the other end of Horncastle Lane), and vice versa

Published: 7th December 2020