Long-suffering drivers face more delays as this road dug up again

Motorists are facing delays after a well-used road was dug up – again. And four-way lights have gone up at Maunders Road’s junction with Foxley Lane as gas works are again being carried out in Milton.^[1]

The works are also expected to last another couple of weeks as drivers – including those on the school-run – face being snarled up in rush-hour queues. It represents more gas works being carried out at that end of the village.

StokeonTrentLive reported ^[2] back at the end of 2021 how the stretch between Foxley Lane and Newford Crescent had to be totally shut off as engineers replaced a 70-year-old pipe. A year later and part of Newford Crescent was closed ^[3] to allow workers to overhaul the ageing system while emergency repairs had to be carried out in the neighbourhood too.

READ: Drivers beware: This Stoke-on-Trent road is shut for 98 days | It comes as a £4 million project is taking place around Tunstall ^[4]

READ: Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire daily news blog | Up-to-the-minute local news, sport, weather and more throughout the day ^[5]

Now Cadent is back on Maunders Road. Roadworks monitoring site One.Network says the scheme – which got underway on September 28 – could carry on until October 11. It’s a well-used route by those on the school-run to Excel Academy and is also regularly used by drivers looking to avoid Leek New Road delays.

The nature of the project has not yet been released. They come at a time there are various other temporary lights and roadworks going up around North Staffordshire.

Here are some you may want to avoid:

Temporary lights on Cheddleton Road near to Leek Golf Club with the works to last until November 3;
Temporary lights on Tunstall Road on the outskirts of Brindley Ford to be in place until October 4;
Works on Clough Street in Hanley has seen a lane shut until October 2;
Temporary lights on both High Street and Pennyfields Road in Trubshaw;
Greenbank Road off High Lane is shut due to works by Severn Trent;^[6]

Greenbank Road off High Lane is shut

Temporary lights on High Street, Tunstall until this evening (September 29);
Part of Stanley Road in Stockton Brook is shut for emergency water works;
Temporary lights on Leek New Road in Baddeley Green near to Leonard Avenue where a pedestrian crossing is being upgraded;
Works on the A50 eastbound has led to one lane being closed near to the turn-off for bet365 Stadium;
Overnight closures on Weston Road through Meir where resurfacing works are taking place;^[7]
Works on Sir Stanley Matthews Way near to the junction of Trentham Road;
Temporary lights on Dimsdale Parade West in Wolstaton for water works – which are set to finish today (September 29).

References

^{^} Milton. (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} StokeonTrentLive reported (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} A year later and part of Newford Crescent was closed (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Drivers beware: This Stoke-on-Trent road is shut for 98 days | It comes as a £4 million project is taking place around Tunstall (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire daily news blog | Up-to-the-minute local news, sport, weather and more throughout the day (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Greenbank Road off High Lane is shut due to works by Severn Trent; (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Overnight closures on Weston Road through Meir where resurfacing works are taking place; (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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