The closure of one our key village access routes will now continue for almost FIVE WEEKS longer than originally scheduled!
After having been postponed on FOUR previous occasions the Nottinghamshire County Council Highways work on Flawforth Lane finally began on September the 18th and was planned to go on for 6 weeks. It was then extended until this Friday November 17th. NOW another NEW notice (below) and updated information on roadworks.org states that it won’t be completed until Wednesday 29th November. No specific reason has been given why the work is overrunning so badly and will have taken almost three months to complete.
Flawforth Lane is closed for around 200 metres from the Flawford Churchyard corner up to the Wheatcroft roundabout to allow Breheny Civil Engineering to install a stormwater outfall along Flawforth Lane and an outfall into the drainage ditch. This is needed due to the expected extra run-off from the new Bovis Homes development in former green fields to the north of the roundabout.
Although this country lane is not officially a major route to and from Ruddington it normally is a popular shortcut for both village residents and commuters, particularly at peak times, so the closure has been causing inconvenience and delays for drivers forced around the diversionary route. Currently there is only emergency access to this part of Flawforth Lane and motorists who would normally drive that way from the Loughborough Road/Kirk Lane traffic lights to the roundabout are instead being diverted along the A60, via The Nottingham Knight roundabout, onto the A52 instead – and vice versa. However cyclists and those on foot are still being allowed through.
No bus routes have been directly affected by this diversion – but continuing delays to our peak time services using Loughborough Road are probable.
