Exact dates A417 key roadworks will cause closures and diversions
Motorists in Gloucestershire will get a first proper taste of some of the disruption to come as significant roadworks are due to begin on creating a new A417 bypass[1] to replace the notorious missing link section at Birdlip. Early preparatory work has been going on for a while, but some major closures are to start later this month and into the autumn.
These works will include full overnight closure[2] of the A417 Brockworth Bypass from the junction with the A46 Shurdington Road to the Air Balloon roundabout for road widening. This will eventully see a third ‘crawler lane’[3] for HGVs constructed going up the steep Crickley Hill section.
There will also be closures linked to creating access road at a site opposite Leckhampton Hill.[4] National Highways had said work on building the bypass would begin in autumn 2023 with a completion date of early 2027 for the new road 3.4mile road – designed to improve links between the M5 in Gloucestershire and the M4 at Swindon, Wiltshire.
Much of the road works will be ‘off network’ as the new road is built on land between the Air Balloon and Cowley roundabouts. But changes will need to be made to the existing A417.
The National Highways[6] road project is designed to reduce congestion and collisions on the notorious single-carriageway stretch from the Air Balloon roundabout to the Cowley roundabout. This is the only stretch of single carriageway on the a417/A417 strategic route between the M4 and M5.
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Dates for roadworks
Monday, August 28 onwards
There will be a traffic-controlled plant crossing with priority to public traffic at Crimpenwell Lane, between the hours of 9am to 5pm to allow for plant access.
Monday, October October for 35-night shifts (9pm to 6am) for carriageway widening
There will be a full closure of Crickley Hill from the A46 to Air Balloon roundabout in both directions. A fully signed diversion route will be in place.
Friday, November 10 to Monday, November 13
Tthere will be a full weekend closure to build access to a site entrance opposite Leckhampton Hill, between the hours of 29m on the Friday to 6am on the Monday.
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References
- ^ A417 bypass (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
- ^ overnight closure (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
- ^ a third ‘crawler lane’ (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
- ^ Leckhampton Hill. (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
- ^ A417 ‘Missing Link’ rat run completely blocks tiny Gloucestershire village twice a day (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
- ^ National Highways (nationalhighways.co.uk)
- ^ our newsletter (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)