Work to improve traffic flow through Maidenhead starts
Six key roundabouts will be improved as part of a £6 million pound scheme
A £6m road improvement scheme will begin next week to try and improve traffic flow through Maidenhead.
Work is due to start on Monday at the Stafferton Way/Braywick Road roundabout for six weeks and is partly funded through the Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
The work aims to improve traffic flow through the centre of Maidenhead and is part of the work to regenerate the town.
Councillor Gerry Clark, lead member for transport and infrastructure, said:
"This work will help create more capacity and assist traffic flow through Maidenhead, reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality."
The improvement works include carriageway widening to accommodate an additional lane, improved lane markings and directional signage, and parallel zebra crossings on the eastern arm of the roundabout to provide pedestrian and cycle route connectivity.
Work is expected to last six weeks and will mainly take place between 9am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday. There will be some narrowing of lanes, but the roundabout will remain open and there will be no road closures, diversions or temporary traffic lights in place.
Further works as part of this scheme to improve six key roundabouts in Maidenhead, will take place later this year and in 2021.
The scheme aims to deliver capacity improvements at six key junctions in Maidenhead as follows:
- A308(M) / A308 The Binghams (Braywick Roundabout)
- A308 / Stafferton Way / Braywick Road (Stafferton Roundabout)
- A4 / A308 Castle Hill (Castle Hill Roundabout)
- A4 / B4447 Cookham Road / Market Street (Cookham Roundabout)
- A4 / B3024 Oldfield Road / Lassell Gardens (Oldfield Junction)
- A4 / A4094 Ray Mead Road / Guards Club Road (Ray Mead Roundabout)
The council say they are delivering significant road investment ahead of major developments to ensure their infrastructure is ready for an increasing population.