A4 roadworks start
Work has started on a scheme to resurface one of Bath's busiest routes.
The project on the A4 between the Twerton Fork and the Globe roundabout at Newton St Loe is part of a package of resurfacing schemes being carried out by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
The authority has largely completed the resurfacing of the A4 on the other side of Bath, at London Road, and has finished work at North Parade.
But it has yet to start on another potentially disruptive project - laying a new surface at Churchill Bridge.
The work to the west of Bath began on Monday and will go on for more than a month, although it will stop for the Easter Bank Holidays.
It will include the roundabout itself, the stretch to Twerton Fork, and Newbridge Road between that junction and the Newbridge Park and Ride site.
The council has warned there will be lane closures and a contraflow system, with one side of the dual carriageway being done at a time.
Some work at the roundabout and the junction itself will be done at night.
Other projects looming include the resurfacing of Pulteney Bridge and part of Argyle Street next week, with evening or night closure, and of part of Claverton Street, also next week.
The Churchill Bridge work will now not begin until after April.
For more information, email transportation@bathnes.gov.uk or call Council Connect on 01225 394041.
The council says the dates and times may change due to bad weather.
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by MALCOLM, saltford
Friday, March 12 2010, 5:08PM
“I travel to Bath and back on the A4 at least four times a day from Saltford. I have not spotted one single pothole in either direction. Numerous potholes are still causing hazards aroubd the city and remain unfilled. What happened to the road maintenance program for the two decades where we had no snow.”
by mark, Bath
Friday, March 12 2010, 10:50AM
“If he council inspected the B3110 through Midford then they didn't do a very good job of it. It took several weeks to fill just three nasty potholes but leaving others untouched. In the last four days two cars have hit the same wall in the same place after hitting the same pothole and bouncing off the road. When a pothole does get filled then the work should consist of more than just shovelling a bit of tarmac into the hole and then belting it with the back of a shovel.”
by SL, PSJ
Thursday, March 11 2010, 11:29AM
“"6. Substantial improvements to the Hicks Gate roundabout, Keynsham which have improved traffic flows and road safety as part of the Council¿s joined-up plan to help reduce traffic congestion"
ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH
EVERY BIT OF THE DISJOINED-UP PLAN IS CAUSING CONGESTION.
Sorry to shout, but that's what I do every time I am sat at a Red Traffic Light to get onto an EMPTY Roundabout and again while I am going arouind it.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU BANES, sack those responsible, SWITCH OFF the lights for the 20-22 Hours a day that they are not needed.
You are wasting electricity and we collectively are wasting fuel, money, time, contributing to additional carbon emmissions, global warming and no doubt a little warming of peoples tempers too!”
by PW, BATH (the important bit!)
Thursday, March 11 2010, 10:29AM
“Ian - would you like salt and vinegar to go with that chip on your shoulder?”
by H I Ghways, Bath
Thursday, March 11 2010, 8:59AM
“I'm so pleased that the A4 is being resurfaced again! Great way to slow down ALL those that love their jobs so much. Your bosses must be so proud of you all to see you fight each other for positions and go as fast as posible for them!
You ALL seem to fight pass me and give me nasty looks because I'm not in a rush. I just don't like my job that much! Besides I like to look at the beautiful views between Bath and Bristol!
Good luck to all you road workers with all those nutters speeding past you and NOT caring about YOUR safty!”