Madeley Road Closing for Essential Maintenance
Essential maintenance works mean one of the main roads into Ironbridge Gorge will be closed from Monday, February 7 and traffic lights will be in place from Monday (January 31).
The closure starts at Waterloo Street roundabout at the top of the high street, up to Jockey Bank/Madeley Road Junction and there will be a number of other closures on access only roads across the Ironbridge Gorge including Jockey Bank and Wesley Road.
Diversions will be in place for vehicles along the Ironbridge bypass (A4169) to Buildwas and the Wharfage including bus services 8,18, 19a and 894.
Essential structural maintenance will be carried out on the section of retaining wall adjacent to the lower section of Madeley Road.
The length of the retaining wall will be removed and rebuilt including the complex series of supporting arches to safeguard the road’s stability.
Councillor Lee Carter Councillor (Labour), Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Services, Regeneration and the High Street, said: “This road was originally built for horses and carts and the weight of vehicles using it means it is deteriorating.
“Our teams closely monitor structures across the borough and the retaining wall has deteriorated to the point where intervention is needed to ensure its stability.
“We appreciate the disruption this will cause but Ironbridge is a particularly difficult area due to its age, heritage and architecture. Our highways vision is to ‘Keep Telford Moving’ and in 2021/2022 we will invest £21.6m to deliver over 160 improvement schemes across the borough.
“All businesses remain open throughout the work so please remember to continue to support them, shopping local wherever you can.
Dedicated teams will be on site to assist residents and these works are part of the Council’s four-year investment programme to Protect, Care and Invest to create a better borough.
Between 2020 and 2024 the council is investing more than £50m to keep neighbourhoods safe, clean and well connected and the ‘Pride in Our Community’ programme will deliver improvements to infrastructure including roads, footpaths, parking, sustainable transport, street furniture, drains and structures.
For more about the Council’s Pride in Our Community programme visit www.telford.gov.uk/pride.
Work is planned to be completed in the spring and more Information about roadworks in Telford can be found at www.telford.gov.uk/roadworks
Full details of bus diversion routes will be made available on the bus service disruptions website.
