A weekend of parking prohibition along Mere Way, a morning of temporary traffic lights on High Street and a further complete closure of Dutton’s Hill are among the scheduled works liable to cause disruption over the coming days and weeks in and around Ruddington.
Firstly, during all of the weekend Saturday and Sunday 14th and 15th May, and again on Saturday 21st May, many motorists who use Mere Way to park up whilst visiting Rushcliffe Country Park or Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre will not be able to do so. Most of the parking will be coned off to allow the removal of Portakabins by lorries from local premises – which need the extra width to pass safely along Mere Way. See the map and further details below.*
Also on Sunday 15th May, Via East Midlands will be working outside Classic Cuts on High Street to replace the lighting column which spectacularly burst into flames, then wilted to the ground, due to an electrical fault last year. It’s planned that 3-way temporary lights will control traffic along High Street during most of the morning whilst the stump is removed and a new column put in its place.
If you normally access Ruddington via the B680 Wilford Road, beware there will be cabling work on Thursday 26th May requiring three way signals at its junction with Nottingham South & Wilford Industrial Estate Road, outside Vernon House. However, this should be restricted to the early hours of the morning.
Finally, for motorists who were dismayed to hear that Wilford Road will need to be closed again for a week in July at Dutton’s Hill (outside the SPAR shop) to facilitate further gas main repair work by Cadent, it seems this closure has been reduced to just one day. It’s now set to take place on Sunday 3rd July only. It follows a two week emergency closure in the same place last November. This caused major traffic chaos and also a significant loss of trade for many village centre businesses. Being on a Sunday, this time it will not affect CT4N Services 22 & 23 or Nottingham City Transport’s Navy 3 buses.
The full list of known Ruddington roadworks for the next few months can be found below:-
- *From 6.00am on Saturday 14th May 2022 until 7.00pm on Sunday 15th May 2022 – Temporary Prohibition of Waiting, Loading and Unloading along Mere Way – (eastern side, at any time) from its junction with the A60 Loughborough Road in a west and south direction to a point 45 metres south-west from where the road splits – (western side, at any time) from a point 45 metres south-west from where the road splits in a south-westerly direction for 25 metres – To enable safe removal of Portakabin units from premises and throughfare along Mere Way.
- Sunday 15th May 2022 from 5.00am to 11.00am – Three way temporary traffic lights at the junction of High Street and Charles Street – for light column replacement by Via East Midlands.
- Wednesday 18th May from 9.30am to 3.30pm – two-way signals on Flawforth Lane, near The Orchard, for safe access to overhead network – BT cabling for new customer connection.
- *From 6.00am until 7.00pm on Saturday 21st May 2022 – Temporary Prohibition of Waiting, Loading and Unloading along Mere Way – (eastern side, at any time) from its junction with the A60 Loughborough Road in a west and south direction to a point 45 metres south-west from where the road splits – (western side, at any time) from a point 45 metres south-west from where the road splits in a south-westerly direction for 25 metres – To enable safe removal of Portakabin units from premises and throughfare along Mere Way.
- Thursday 26th May from 1.00am to 5.00am – Three way signals at the junction of B680 Ruddington Lane and Nottingham South & Wilford Industrial Estate Road, outside Vernon House – CityFibre laying a new fibre track in the carriageway.
- Sunday 3rd July 2022 – closure of Wilford Road at Dutton’s Hill (pictured below) – for gas main work by Cadent.
{NOTE: The above details are subject to potential change and updates due to the weather and other operational reasons. RUDDINGTON.info will provide timely revisions, here on our website, whenever we can. LAST UPDATE: Saturday 14th May 2022}
