Another weekend closure of the A30 starts tonight
Drivers are being advised to plan their journeys
National Highways is advising drivers to plan their journeys ahead of a weekend closure of the A30 in Cornwall.
It follows a number of overnight closures this week, as part of the company's A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross road upgrade.
Starting from 8.00pm tonight (Friday 12 January), there will be a full weekend closure until 6.00am on Monday 15 January.
The new year programme of work follows pre-Christmas closures, which saw the partial opening of the new, temporary surfaced Chiverton flyover and the opening of the north-south B3284 link across the Chybucca junction.
Work this week has involved further surfacing across the Chiverton flyover, drainage and central reservation work at the western end of the scheme, together with other construction work close to the live carriageway.
Neil Winter, National Highways’ Senior Project Manager for the A30 scheme, said: "The partial flyover opening was a real milestone for the project and both the flyover and the B3284 link opening at Chybucca have helped to improve traffic flows for people travelling through and across the scheme.
"After this week’s work, motorists should experience smoother journeys but won’t see any difference to their travel.
"We need to have the closures in place to carry out the work, and in the meantime we advise people to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys.
"We are progressing the work as quickly and as safely as we can, we are continuing to communicate with communities and businesses affected by the work, and we thank people in advance for their patience as we move towards completing this massive road upgrade for Cornwall."
During the weekend closure, westbound traffic will be diverted from Boxheater on the A30 via the B3285 and the A3075 to rejoin the A30 at Scorrier, with the eastbound diversion route in reverse.
Due to a low bridge (4.7 metres) at Scorrier, HGVs will be diverted via the A393 and A39 to rejoin the A30 at Carland, as per the diagram below.
Once the current phase of work is completed, further overnight closures will follow later in the month.
The new A30 dual carriageway is scheduled to be opened at the end of this winter.