Mini-roundabout near Cottingham and months of works on the way…

Works to build a mini-roundabout near Cottingham are set to start later this month, marking the first step towards improvements to ease congestion on a major East Riding road. The building of the mini-roundabout, at Main Street and Beverley Road junction in Skidby, comes ahead of the A164 and Jock's Lodge Improvement Scheme set for later this year. Council Infrastructure Director Adam Holmes said the works are designed to reduce congestion and get traffic moving on two of the East Riding's busiest roads. It comes after East Riding Council's Cabinet approved the contract for the A164 and Jock's Lodge works yesterday (Tuesday, July 4). The council is putting £45.9m towards the scheme, which includes replacing the junction near Beverley which links the A164 and A1079. Read more:'Unavoidable' delays and road closures as £4.7m roundabout scheme announced for Brough It is also bidding for £41m in Department of Transport funding for the project with a decision due in September. Works on the mini-roundabout in Skidby, which also includes a new bus stop, are set to take more than three and a half months. They are set to begin on Monday, July 31, with temporary traffic signals in place for day time works. A temporary overnight road closure is set to be in place towards the end of the works so the junction can be resurfaced. Council Infrastructure Director Adam Holmes said the current Jock's Lodge junction is a bottleneck for traffic The works afterwards on the main Jock's Lodge project are set to see a
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