London Road: Nottingham drivers face delays as major repairs set to shut busy route

Drivers in Nottingham face delays as a section of a major city centre road is set to shut for repairs.

Nottingham City Council is set to carry out essential maintenance work on London Road, Trent Street and Station Street.

The maintenance will see carriageways completely resurfaced with new tarmac, creating a new road surface that is expected to last for around 25 years.

Roadworks will bring full overnight closures of the carriageway during the week between 8pm and 5am, with no work taking place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Cllr Angela Kandola, the authority’s portfolio holder for highways, transport and planning, said: “I’m grateful to our highways team for planning these works to minimise disruption by ensuring the work will take place overnight when traffic flows are lowest.

“While these works may cause some short-term disruption, the improvements will make journeys into and out of Nottingham safer for decades to come.”

Drivers are being advised to plan their route and allow for extra journey travel time due to the disruption.

Nottingham City Council said the work will take place in three phases and is funded by the Government via the Transforming Cities and City Centre Cycle Routes project.

London Road has seen major disruption since work began to create new cycleways and pedestrian footpaths at the BBC island roundabout, with traffic frequently queuing as far back as the fire station and junction with Cattle Market Road.

In an update in July, Nottingham City Council said works “are largely complete” and new traffic lights at the London Road and Station Street junction have been commissioned.

Roadworks Timetable

Phase One – London Road (between Station Street and BBC island), four nights between Monday July 31 and Thursday August 3.

• Movement toward the city (northbound) maintained on one lane
• Lower Parliament Street and London Road will be closed away from the city (southbound) from the junction with Pennyfoot Street. A signed diversion will be in place via Pennyfoot Street > Manvers Street> Meadow Lane > County Road > London Road. Access to Canal Street will be available by following the diversion
• City Link – Entry and exit closed at London Road. Alternative access via Manvers Street
• Great Northern Close – Entry and exit will be maintained until 10pm when businesses close but then will be closed
• Trent Street and Station Street operate as normal with exit available on to London Road

Phase Two – London Road (between Station Street and BBC island), two nights on Monday August 7 and Tuesday August 8.

• Movement toward the city (northbound) maintained on one lane
• Lower Parliament Street and London Road will be closed away from the city (southbound) from the junction with Pennyfoot Street. A signed diversion will be in place via Pennyfoot Street > Manvers Street> Meadow Lane > County Road > London Road. Access to Canal Street will be available by following the diversion
• City Link – No entry. Alternative access via Manvers Street. Exit maintained (northbound only, follow diversion for southbound)
• Great Northern Close – Entry and exit maintained (entry from south only, exit to north only)
• Trent Street and Station Street – No exit on to London Road, this will be managed via Trent Street by TM operatives. Taxi ranking will be relocated on to Canal Street (outside Eversheds Sutherland)

Phase Three and Four – Trent Street and Station Street, seven nights between Wednesday August 9 and Monday August 21.

• No vehicular access available to Trent Street and Station Street
• Vehicles needing to exit the area will be managed by the traffic management team
• Taxi ranking will be relocated on to Canal Street (outside Eversheds Sutherland)
• There will be lane closures on London Road for the installation of the central reservation, footway and cycleway surfacing. All movements will be maintained