Drivers are being reminded that Wilford Road in Ruddington is to be shut for a whole week this August as highway contractors finish constructing the new junction into the Bloor Homes ‘Fairham Green’ development.
The current temporary traffic lights will be swapped for a total road closure from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th August inclusive whilst these roadworks are carried out, meaning (except in an emergency) no vehicular traffic will be allowed through. However, it’s understood the shared footway will remain open for pedestrians and cyclists throughout.
Another casualty of the road closure is Nottingham City Transport’s Navy 3 bus. The operator has decided it will not operate this service to Ruddington at all during this period. Instead, the buses will carry straight on to Clifton, as detailed on the bus stop notices.
As previously reported, plans to shut Flawforth Lane in connection with Linden Homes‘ ‘Blacksmith’s Green’ development for three weeks in August have been shelved. However, it’s now thought a road closure might still be required here in October for water main connection work to take place. Meantime, two-way traffic lights on Flawforth Lane have become 3-way at the Flawforth Avenue junction – causing significant delays at peak times and impacting traffic flow on Kirk Lane and Loughborough Road.
Temporary traffic lights will also be returning to the Loughborough Road/Mere Way junction, from September 6th to 15th! This is for work by Severn Trent in connection with the William Davis Homes development. RUDDINGTON.info will confirm full details once we receive them.
The list of confirmed highway work scheduled for our village, with the details known so far, is below:-
- Until Sunday 1st August 2021 – 24 hour two-way traffic signals on Wilford Rd approx. 100m north of Paget Close junction – Site entrance construction, road widening, and drainage works for the new Bloor Homes ‘Fairham Green’ development.
- 7.00am Monday August 2nd to 5.00pm on Sunday August 8th 2021* – a FULL CLOSURE of Wilford Road from a point 120 metres north of its junction with Paget Crescent in a northern direction for 150 metres from for completion of the site entrance construction, road widening, and drainage works for the new ‘Fairham Green’ housing development.. {The official diversionary route is via B680 Wilford Road – Landmere Lane – A60 Loughborough Road – B680 Kirk Lane and vice versa, as shown below.} *As of Friday afternoon 6th August this closure is now removed and Wilford Road has reopened – almost three days ahead of schedule.
- Until Friday August 27th 2021 – Three-Way Signals on Flawforth Lane at its junction with Flawforth Avenue – in connection with the “Blacksmith’s Green” development to enable the construction of a new junction, widening of the footpath and the installation of a combined sewer.
- Monday 9th August until Friday 27th August – Extension of the above work on Flawforth Lane – Installation of Combined Sewer and Connection into existing sewer for the “Blacksmith’s Green” development – additional multi-way signals at the junction with Loughborough Road and Kirk Lane. Significant traffic delays are anticipated at peak times.
Residents and visitors are warned of delays and disruption for drivers and also passengers using Kinchbus 9, CT4N Services 22 & 23, Nottingham City Transport’s Navy 3 & Green 10C/10X Rushcliffe Country Park/Ruddingtion Fields buses and the NottsBus Connect Service 863 during the above work.
{NOTE: The above details are subject to potential change due to the weather and other operational reasons. RUDDINGTON.info will provide updates on our website whenever we can.}
