Work to ease congestion on busy route will last 9 months
£3.9M IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR SHIPTONTHORPE ROUNDABOUT
MAJOR roadworks at Shiptonthorpe roundabout, on the busy A1079 Hull to York route, will last nine months.
The £3.9m improvement work, starting on Monday, April 8, is expected to continue until Christmas.
East Riding Council’s scheme involves increasing the capacity of the roundabout by widening the entry and exit lanes and providing a new fifth arm on the A1079.
The aim is to reduce the delays and congestion on the A1079 approaches to the roundabout at peak times and to cope with future traffic growth.
The fifth arm at the roundabout will allow traffic to bypass the existing accesses to Mcdonald’s, the petrol filling station and the garden centre, therefore creating safer access and egress while maintaining through flow on the A1079.
A council spokesman said: “We apologise for any inconvenience caused to motorists during these works; however, the working restrictions imposed should help minimise disruption.
“We hope road users and residents will bear with us while we complete this very important project.”
To limit disruption at the roundabout, contractor Breheny Civil Engineering Ltd will have the following working restrictions in place:
Between 6.30am and 7pm, free-flowing single-lane traffic movement will be maintained in all directions.
four/five-way traffic signals are only permitted between the hours of 7pm and 6.30am.
Noisy operations such as hydraulic breaking out, mechanical cutting, planing and reversing bleepers are not permitted from 11pm to 6.30am.
The existing 30mph limit on the A1079 Market Weighton leg will be temporarily extended to cover the extent of the works area.
Dave Waudby, head of infrastructure and facilities at the council, said: “I am very pleased that we will soon be able to deliver this major improvement scheme on a key route.
“This is another good example of the council’s excellent record in successfully bidding for additional funding to support the delivery of larger infrastructure schemes, and this particular scheme should have a positive impact on all those using the A1079.”
The £3.9m scheme includes a £3.12m contribution from the Government’s Local Growth Fund, secured by York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), following a successful bid by the council.
David Dickson, chair of the LEP, said: “This investment demonstrates the LEP’S commitment to improve east-west connectivity in the area, and benefits a huge number of our communities and industries.”