More roadworks will be put in place on the newly-opened Colliery Way, it has been announced. The route, previously called the Gedling Access Road, is a 3.8km bypass from Mapperley Plains to the Colwick Loop Road.
It has been in the pipeline since as early as the 1930s and has undergone various and significant changes, including a route alteration, before construction finally began almost a century later in January of 2020. It opened for the first time in March 2022.
Months later, the site compound area off Lambley Lane is being taken down as part of the demobilisation of the construction site that has been in place since January 2020. As part of the site demobilisation, Nottinghamshire County Council has informed the public that temporary fencing that has been in place along the route to "keep the site safe and secure needs to be taken down".
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There is a section on the uphill link of Colliery Way between the five-arm roundabout and Mapperley Plains that the council says it can now only get to from the road.
A spokesperson for Nottinghamshire County Council said: "This means that from 6pm on Wednesday 3 August, there will be a closure in place on the uphill section to allow for the site team to remove this section of temporary fencing both safely and efficiently. The downhill section of Colliery Way from Mapperley Plains will be unaffected. The closure will be in place for a number of hours.
"At the five-arm roundabout, traffic should use the Arnold Lane link that joins up to Mapperley Plains. All manoeuvres are permissible at the traffic light junctions, but please bear in mind that turning right may take a bit longer due to the phasing of the lights.
"As soon as the fencing is removed, the temporary closure will be taken off. We would once again like to thank you for your patience and hope that you are enjoying using the new Colliery Way."
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