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Grantham Station Approach September update

A view of the Grantham Station Approach works.

The latest update on the Grantham Station Approach works.

What we achieved in August

  • Started works on Monday 19 August
  • Decommissioned permanent traffic signals and installed temporary signals
  • Installed traffic management, including closing the slip road from Westgate to Wharf Road
  • Removed traffic signal poles from main traffic island
  • Excavation of main traffic island
  • Removed pedestrian guardrails from island

What’s happening in September

Phase 1 – Westgate/Wharf Road traffic island and surrounds

  • Install traffic signal ducting to new traffic signal locations
  • Install new kerbing
  • Trim sub-base
  • Install tactile paving
  • Install sign posts and bollards
  • Remove, replace and reset ironworks to island
  • Clean Westgate/Wharf Road footway
  • Lay new binder and surface courses

Current/ongoing traffic restrictions and closures

  • Ongoing until late September – lane closures on Westgate, closing off the A52 slip road off Westgate onto Wharf Road, and reducing Wharf Road to one lane for Sankt Augustin Way and Harlaxton Road
    • Diversion route via Sankt Augustin Way and B1174.

Upcoming traffic restrictions and closures

  • Late September to mid-October – full closure of Station Road West from the private car park south of the residential dwellings to the junction.
    • Access to premises will be maintained.
    • There will be no access to Grantham Railway Station from Westgate or Wharf Road.
    • Diversion route via Wharf Road / London Road / Station Road East, and vice versa.

Published: 2nd September 2024