Key junctions to shut for six weeks for revamp works

Two busy junctions in Nottinghamshire are set to close for six weeks while roadworks take place.

Plans to revamp the junctions of Trent Boulevard and Holme Road, in the Lady Bay area of West Bridgford, were approved earlier this year.

Nottinghamshire County Council said the works - intended to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians - formed part of a wider scheme which also included the recently opened Waterside Bridge over the River Trent.

Full closures will be in place at the Trent Boulevard junctions with Radcliffe Road and Holme Road from Monday, when the work is due to begin.

The council said there would also be lane closures and temporary traffic lights would be in place on the approaches to the junction on the A6520 Radcliffe Road and the A6011 Radcliffe Road/Lady Bay Bridge junction.

A diversion route will direct motorists along Rutland Road. Bus services will also be diverted.

As part of the works, the existing signals at the junctions will be replaced, which the council said would require the temporary removal of the "iconic heron sculptures".

In its previous proposal of the work, the council said a pedestrian refuge at the junction of Radcliffe Road and Trent Boulevard would be widened, with part of the crossing also widened and resurfaced.

An existing toucan crossing at the junction of Radcliffe Road, Mabel Grove and Rutland Road would be upgraded and new shared footways would be added, the authority said previously.

The authority said both the Mabel Grove and Rutland Road junctions with Radcliffe Road would be realigned to try to slow vehicles down and deter them from overtaking cyclists close to the junctions.

Double yellow lines along Mabel Grove and Rutland Road will also be extended along with other changes.

The work will be funded through Nottingham City Council's Transforming Cities Fund.

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