Eastern Primary Improvement Project On Track for Summer Completion
The third, of a four-phase £10million project to improve the A442 in Telford, is on track to complete this summer.
Two phases of this project are already complete and currently improvements continue to barriers, bridges and the central reservation between Hollinswood and Castlefield roundabout.
Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Services, Regeneration and the High Streets, Councillor Lee Carter said: “You may not realise it but the A442 - or Queensway – is around 50 years old and the improvement works are not an option, but a necessity.
“There are 31 bridges, more than 400 street lights and 13 miles of safety barriers as well as drainage, kerbs, signs and central reservations that all need maintaining in order to create a transport infrastructure, fit for the future and to support the 30,000 vehicles using the road every day.
“Closing the whole stretch is the most cost effective way of managing the project and while inconvenient, we always strive to work in the most economical way for residents.
“Please continue to bear with us while this work continues and we push to make advancements on the schedule wherever possible.”
In the coming weeks, much-needed structural repairs to the Hollinswood, Stirchley and Randlay Interchange bridges will continue.
Almost a kilometre of new light cabling will be installed along with improvements to the central reservation area between Randlay and Stirchley, and crash barriers at Randlay Interchange will be removed in preparation for concrete repairs.
During the early part of this year, the repairs to the Hollinswood, Randlay and Stirchley bridges will continue alongside work to the central reservation. New crash barriers will also be installed. We will also be improving drainage to help accommodate the likely increase in rainfall and severity due to climate change.
During this work, a continuous lane closure alongside Hollinswood to Stirchley will remain in place.
This project is part of more than £50million of investment into Telford’s highways with the majority of the capital investment programme being spent on roads and footpaths as well as bridges and other structures, drainage, council-owned assets, street furniture, lighting and lines.
There is also significant investment into developing sustainable transport, off-street parking, road safety schemes and other major and environmental projects.
