Essential carriageway and drainage maintenance works are
due to be carried out on two routes in Banwell early next
month.
The A371 and A368 roads through Banwell will be closed for two
days from 8am on Saturday September 4, with the roads re-opening no
later than 6pm the following day.
The sections closed will be from the junction of Wolvershill
Road and West Street, through to the junction of Castle Hill and
The Rhodyate, as well as from the junction of East Street and Dark
Lane, through to the junction of East Street and West Street.
These roads are being closed because they are narrow and it
would be unsafe to carry out the works with passing traffic. The
work being carried out includes carriageway patching; drain
cleansing (throughout the entire closure); replacement and repair
of manholes covers; re-lining from Wolvershill Road to the car
park; replacement of the zebra crossing lights, and other
street-lighting works; cutting back vegetation along Castle Hill;
sweeping of all the roads; and utility work by Western Power at the
top end of Castle Hill.
"Although we know these works will cause some inconvenience, we
have planned it so that a wide range of maintenance work takes
place in a short period of time," said Cllr Elfan Ap Rees,
executive member for highways. "To minimise disruption the work has
been scheduled for a weekend when our surveys show traffic flows
are considerably lower than during the week. We have already put up
signs advising when this work will take place and the diversion
route will be well signposted."
Residents living within the boundaries of the road closure will
be allowed access to their properties during the works, but it will
be necessary to keep movements through the working area to a
minimum on the grounds of safety.
The main diversion route will be back along the A371 to the
A370, across to the B3133 Stock Lane, down the A38, and either back
along the A368 or A371, depending on the user's destination. The
cost of the works is in the region of £10,000.
