Major scheme on busy town centre roundabout completed
Work to bring lasting improvements to a busy roundabout following a £1.4million investment in Stafford town centre has been completed.
The scheme at the A34 Gaol Square roundabout took place over the summer after the county council secured additional central government funding, giving the key junction lasting improvements for two to three decades.
WATCH: Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet member for strategic highways Mark Deaville explaining the importance of the scheme.
It has included resurfacing and repairs to the footways, kerbs and drains. The B5066 Gaol Road has also been resurfaced for a 100-metre stretch, along with the other approaches to the roundabout.
It is part of an overall £9million programme to improve the town’s roads and cycling and pedestrian routes. Much of the main roundabout surfacing took place overnight to minimise disruption
Mark Deaville said: “We’re pleased to see this scheme now complete on one of Stafford’s key gateway junctions.
“It has seen a significant investment and will bring lasting improvements to the Gaol Square roundabout and its approaches. It links to the recently completed Chell Road scheme and follows the A449 improvements earlier this year.
“We understand the works in and around Stafford have brought considerable disruption for which we apologise for and thank people for their patience.
“We know that it is a priority to people to have good roads across the county and we are committed to delivering carefully managed successful schemes across the county.”
More than 1.7m square metres of roads surface treated as Staffordshire fast tracks into next year’s projects
More than 1.7 million square meters of Staffordshire roads have already been surface dressed this financial year, and now, thanks to the fast work of highway crews, even more preventative maintenance projects are ahead of schedule.
Between March and October this year, Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews have surface dressed 762 roads, covering 1,705,442 square metres in total. That amounts to approximately 239 football pitches.
This includes 98 road projects brought forward from the next financial year.
Surface dressing involves structurally repairing roads from end-to-end before applying a new smooth top surface.
This vital highway treatment is carried out on roads before they deteriorate too far and require more costly repairs. Surface dressing reduces the risk of potholes and can prolong the life of roads by up to 15 years.
Mark Deaville, Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet member for strategic highways, said: “Preventative treatments on our roads are an important tool in our armoury and are key to maintaining our road network.
“It’s an approach we have been using extensively across the county for many years now and has been very effective in protecting our roads. It not only helps prolong the life of the road, preventing future potholes and improving the road surface but also helps to free up resources, is cost effective, and massively reduces the carbon footprint associated with maintaining the road network."
Upcoming and continuing works
- A34 Weeping Cross/Radford Bank Stafford (major ongoing structural scheme)
- Stone (patching and repairs): Whitemill Lane (Nov 15), Park Avenue (Nov 14/15), St Vincent Road (Nov 14/15), Newcastle Road (Nov 4 to 8), Emerald Way (Nov 13 to 15), Oulton Road (Nov 5 to 8)
- Stowe-By-Chartley: Bridge Lane (Nov 8 to 11)
- Little Haywood: Main Road (Nov 4 to 8)
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I want to take the time to thank you for your patience whilst important highways work takes place across the borough.
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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