Road closed for nine nights in Gloucester
Gloucester’s Llanthony Road will be closed for nine nights later this month to allow essential work to take place.
The road will be closed in sections between 8pm and 6am from Monday 22 May to Friday 2 June. The road will remain open overnight on weekends and Bank Holidays.
The planned work pattern will be:
Monday 22 May and Tuesday 23 May 8pm to 6am – Hempsted Lane will be closed on the approach to the St Ann Way/Spinnaker Lane junction. St Ann Way will be closed from the Spinnaker Lane junction to the Sainsbury’s junction.
Wednesday 24 May to Friday 26 May 8pm to 6am – Llanthony Road will be closed from the junction for Gloucestershire College and the St Ann Way/Spinnaker Lane junction.
Tuesday 30 May to Friday 2 June 8pm to 6am – Llanthony Road will be closed from the junction for Gloucestershire College to the Hempsted Lane roundabout. St Ann Way will be closed from the Spinnaker Lane junction to the Sainsbury’s junction.
Throughout the night works, access will be given to local residents and businesses within the closed sections where possible. However, there will be a two-to-four-hour period each night where vehicles will be unable to access or exit due to the surfacing works. Emergency services will always be allowed access through the closure if required in an emergency.
The work on the Llanthony Road section of the A430 will see widening of the carriageway to two lanes in each direction at this well-known pinch point and will help to improve the traffic flow on a major route through the city.
It will also see widening of the footpaths on both sides to incorporate a fully segregated cycleway and pedestrian path on the northern verge, and cycle priority over drivers at side road junctions.
The scheme will also see St Ann Way widened to provide two right turn lanes into Llanthony Road, and new traffic lights at Sudmeadow Road to help traffic to flow better. The side road junctions will be upgraded and there will also be improvements to pedestrian crossings.
The overall delivery of this critical scheme has been underway since July 2022 and is due to be completed by late summer 2023.
Any future closures needed for works will be advertised as early as possible to give businesses and commuters sufficient warning.
The funding for the scheme is coming from multiple sources including an allocation of £2million from the government through the Gloucestershire GFirst LEP Growth Deal and part of Gloucestershire County Council’s Levelling Up contribution of £12.822million.