Roadworks

Upcoming roadworks at Tesco Extra in Shrewsbury …

Work to install new traffic lights and pedestrian crossing facilities at the Tesco Extra junction in Shrewsbury will be carried out from 24 July for six weeks.

The work will involve the removal of the existing traffic lights, and their replacement with new signals and safer pedestrian crossing facilities. The new equipment will also be more energy efficient.

The pedestrian crossing between The Range and Go Outdoors on Arlington Way will also be modified to make it a staggered signalised crossing. This will involve a significant amount of construction work on the central refuge.

For the duration of the work there will be temporary four-way traffic lights and pedestrian crossing facilities, with delays expected.

Expect Delays – Road safety work to be carried out at Gingerbread Man roundabout 15 June – 7 July 2023

Map showing the location and extent of the works.

The next phase of work to improve safety on the A529 near Market Drayton is to be carried out from 15 June to 7 July 2023 at the Gingerbread Man (A529/A53) roundabout.

Work will be carried out under multi-way temporary traffic signals from 7am to 6pm each day, though with no multi-way signals after 4pm on 3, 4 and 5 July.

The work will include

  • Cutting back and clearing vegetation at signing and lighting column locations.
  • Change of speed limit terminal signs; construction of pedestrian footway around the south-eastern verge to connect Adderley Road with the footway constructed by Aldi on the A53.
  • Kerbing.
  • Maintenance/upgrade of footway around the perimeter of the roundabout.
  • Uncontrolled/dropped pedestrian crossing points.
  • New regulatory signs and posts.
  • Road markings.
  • Replacement of lighting columns and converting lanterns to LED.

During the work, signed diversions will be in place and businesses will be open as normal. Access to residential and business properties will be maintained

Advance Notice of Roadworks

Closure of the A442 from Wrekin District Council Boundary to Radmoor Crossroads

These works planned by Shropshire Council are now in a state of advanced planning, meaning that they are expected to start in the next 3 months. The information on these works is still not set in stone and is liable to change before commencing. At present there is no information available on diversion routes or exact timings of closures.

The dates for the works are currently given as 14 – 28 March 2022

Volunteers sought to share views about Shropshire’s highways service

Shropshire residents are being asked to help with work to improve Shropshire’s roads, by volunteering to take part in some research.

Shropshire Council and its contractors are working hard to improve the county’s highways and make them safer for all road users. As part of this work volunteers are being sought to suggest and talk about changes they would like to see made to the council’s highways service, and the ways the county’s roads and pavements are maintained.

Anyone interested in taking part, or finding out more, is asked to register their name and contact details here.