Refurbishment works to Alexandra Dock flyover between Moody Lane / Westgate roundabout and Lockhill roundabout will be starting next month, from 13 April.
Previous works have seen the Gilbey Road bridge and Cleethorpe Road bridge refurbished and re-waterproofed. This is the same type of work to secure the future of the middle bridge over Alexandra Dock (the section between Lockhill roundabout at the junction with Victoria Street, and Westgate roundabout).
Cllr Stewart Swinburn, Portfolio Holder for highways, said: “The A180 bridge repair programme is incredibly important to our borough.
“The Government recognised this, and gave us money to sort out the waterproofing on the key bridges that thousands of people use, day in, day out, and fix the bridges for another 20 years or so.
“It’s important we do this and protect one of the major routes in and out of our borough for the future: The sooner we start this, the sooner the work will be done.”
In the first part of the scheme, contractors working on behalf of NELC repaired the outer two bridges, which required more immediate maintenance measures than the centre bridge over the water.
CR Reynolds have now been contracted to undertake the second section of the scheme – the work to Alexandra Dock. The work to repair and waterproof the final A180 bridge requires mild weather conditions, so the decision has been made to start these works in April to take advantage of the improving weather.
As with the previous works, traffic will need to be put in contraflow so that one carriageway of the bridge can be worked on in full at any one time. Work to create the crossovers between the carriageways will start in the week of 13 April, with the contraflow being put into place after that.
The programme below is subject to weather conditions and progress on site, but is currently expected to be a 24 week programme. This will include a full resurfacing of the A180 carriageway between Westgate roundabout and Lockhill roundabout as part of the works.
Cllr Swinburn continued: “We want to reduce any impact on local people and businesses as much as possible, as well as tourists visiting the borough. By starting in April, the majority of the works requiring contraflow arrangements should be complete before the height of the summer season.
“If you can plan your journey to avoid using the bridge, please do. We know these works are likely to be disruptive to people’s journeys, and we’re sorry for that. However, we need to make sure that the bridge, like the others, is protected for years to come.
“The traffic has increased phenomenally since the three bridges were originally built, and we need to make sure that they’re able to serve our local economy and local people.”
If anyone has any queries about the works, please contact [email protected].
For more information about the project, visit: https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/business-and-investment/investment-and-regeneration/roads-and-transport/a180-bridges/↗
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