Reminder for drivers of weekend and overnight A30 closures
It's part of National Highways' Chiverton to Carland Cross scheme
National Highways is reminding drivers to plan their journeys ahead of this weekend’s A30 road closure.
The road will be shut between the temporary Chiverton interchange and Boxheater from 8.00pm tonight (Friday, July 14) to 6.00am on Monday, 17 July.
It'll also be closed overnight next week between the temporary Chiverton interchange and Carland.
The work will see the last major closures until after the summer holiday period, and will enable a series of road tie-ins and major earthworks to be carried out.
During the weekend closure, all traffic will be diverted via the B3285 and the A3075.
Diversion route for the weekend closure:
During the following week, the A30 will also be closed overnight on weeknights from Monday 17 to Friday 21 July.
National Highways say this will be the next major milestone for the project as a new temporary link from Carland Cross to the A30 is introduced to prepare for the construction of a flyover later in the year as part of the new junction. The work will also see the removal of a plant crossing point across the A30.
During the weeknight closures, the A30 will be closed between the new Chiverton interchange and Carland Cross from 8.00pm to 6.00am each night, and from 9.00pm on the Friday.
All through traffic will be diverted via the A3076/A3058 and the A3075. And local traffic will be able to use the A39 to and from Truro as usual.
Diversion route for the weeknight closures:
Neil Winter, National Highways’ Senior Project Manager for the A30 scheme, said: “We need these weekend and overnight closures to progress vital work along the whole route before the start of the summer holiday.
“We acknowledge these closures will have an effect on people’s journeys, we advise people to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys and we thank people in advance for their patience.
“During the weeknight closures we’ll be carrying out work at the Carland Cross end of the scheme, and unlike the temporary Chiverton interchange, drivers won’t see too much change to their journeys.
“As part of the temporary arrangement at the Carland roundabout, people will be taken off to join a newly created section of the A30, and as part of the work, it’ll remove the need for a plant crossing which has impacted traffic flows at the eastern end of the scheme.
“We’ve communicated the forthcoming closures and changes to local communities and businesses and once that work is completed, drivers will be taken around the existing Carland Cross roundabout via a new, temporary alignment to continue their journeys along the A30.”
The new A30 carriageway is scheduled to be opened in winter 2023/2024.