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