Update on Kingswood-area roundabouts scheme including a ten-week road closure

A multi-million pound improvement project is continuing at two major Hull roundabouts Changes are to be made to traffic management, including a ten-week road closure, in the area of two major Hull roundabouts this month as multi-million pound improvement works continue. As part of the scheme at Ennerdale Leisure Centre roundabout, a section of Ennerdale will be closed northbound. Starting from Thursday, May 21, the closure will be in place between the Thomas Clarkson Way/Ennerdale junction and Littondale for ten weeks. Littondale will remain open throughout. During this period, traffic will be diverted via Thomas Clarkson Way, John Newton Way, Bude Road and Ennerdale. Buses will divert to Holwell Road, Nidderdale and Littondale. Hull City Council says the closure will allow CityFibre to “carry out essential diversion and disconnection works, which need to take place to allow the council’s contractor, CR Reynolds Ltd, to deliver road widening and drainage improvements as part of the scheme”. To minimise disruption, Northern Powergrid is also undertaking additional planned maintenance works during the same closure period. The council says this will eliminate the need for a separate closure in the future. Contractor, CR Reynolds, will also use the closure to complete construction work that “cannot safely be undertaken under traffic management alone”. The bus route diversion route has been agreed with operators to ensure Sutton Park continues to receive an uninterrupted service. However, one bus stop will be temporarily closed on the southbound side of Ennerdale between the Thomas Clarkson Way and Sutton Road junctions. Meanwhile, changes will also be made as part of the Wawne Road/Bude Road Roundabout scheme. The emergency access road through Foredyke Nature Reserve will be closed from 5pm today (Friday, May 1). The northbound lane closure on Wawne Road has been lifted and the contractor is reloca…
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