August 2024

Hello and welcome to the Highways Newsletter for Stafford Borough

Welcome to your first highways newsletter for Stafford and Stone - keeping you up to date with upcoming schemes and completed projects and repairs

A34 Weeping Cross - Radford Bank one-way introduced

A major road and transport improvement scheme on the A34 from Weeping Cross towards Stafford moves to its next phase at the weekend.

The scheme will see improvements from the A34 Weeping Cross to the Queensville island. This will be followed by works on the section from Queensville to Queensway next spring. This includes road and footway resurfacing from the junction into the town centre, new pedestrian crossings and cycleways. There will also be maintenance of the Grade II Listed Radford River Bridge.

A one-way closure will be in place along the A34 Radford Bank, allowing traffic to travel towards town only for four months from this Sunday September 1, together with some full night-time closures for resurfacing.

During this period a one-way order will also be in operation along a stretch of Baswich Lane over the bridges, allowing vehicles to travel towards Baswich only.

Overnight closures on the Weeping Cross roundabouts will be in place from mid-September, with details and dates to be confirmed imminently.

A video describing the scheme details can be viewed on our Facebook page.

Work needs to take place now due to national funding requirements. Once completed the road surface will last for between 20 and 30 years.

Staffordshire County Council’s strategic cabinet member for highways Mark Deaville said: “This project will bring considerable and lasting improvements to one of the major routes into Stafford, but we do understand people’s concerns over disruption. We are keeping people informed throughout the scheme – giving them accurate and timely information whenever we can.

“We do need to carry out this work now due to requirements set out in our funding bid and would like to assure people that every effort is being made by the project team throughout to minimise disruption.”

Upcoming repairs and surfacing

We’re carrying out improvements across the borough over the coming weeks - making a difference to communities across Stafford and Stone.

The work will usually include repairs to the road, footways and kerbs, and sometimes replacing manhole covers and grids too. Repairs are scheduled as part of our annual programme, or they can be priorities put forward by your local county councillor. While work takes place we do unfortunately need to put temporary traffic management or short-term closures in place, so we’d ask you to bear with us during these times.

Improvements due to take place include:

Stafford: Greyfriars Place (Sep 10/11), A513 Beaconside (near Technology Park Sep 16 to Oct 18), Park Avenue (Sep 9 to 13), Malcolm Road Sep (9 to 13)

Great Haywood: Main Road (Sep 9 to 13)

Little Haywood: Coley Lane and Hillside Drive (Sep 9 to 13)

Hixon: Lea Road (Sep 9 to 13)

Weston: Green Road and Boat Lane (Sep 9 to 13)

Gnosall: Lowfield Lane (Sep 2 to 6)

Bradley: Church Lane Bradley (Sep 2 to 6)

Stone: Oulton Road, Airdale Road (Sep 19/20), Crown Street (Sep 18 to 20)

Gaol Square scheme set for mid-September completion

Work to improve the Gaol Square roundabout in Stafford town centre is progressing well and on course for completion in September.

The project has included the resurfacing of the roundabout and its approaches on short sections of A34 Foregate Street, Gaol Road and A34 Queensway.

The team has also been repairing drainage, kerbs and footways around the busy junction, using lane closures and night-time closures to minimise disruption as much as possible.

The scheme has been funded by UK Government.

I want to take the time to thank you for your patience whilst these important works take place. We are delivering a huge repair programme that will see us double down on fixing more roads across Staffordshire over the next year. We understand that road works can cause inconvenience but they are necessary to maintain and improve our highways network. Please be assured that our crews will continue to do their best to reduce disruption as much as possible. See you next month. County Councillor Keith Flunder Cabinet Support Member for Highways North

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