A road in Cramlington. Roadworks in the town centre are continuing

Update on Cramlington town centre roadworks

Roadworks being carried out in Cramlington by two housing developers will be continuing over the coming weeks. 
 
The works are being carried out by a private contractor, Fred Mence Construction, on behalf of Bellway Homes and Persimmon Homes and are to fulfil the requirements of the planning permission for the housing developments at St Nicholas Manor adjacent to the A1171 Crow Hall Lane. The works are being carried out in four phases and started over the summer. 
 
The overall works include the complete remodelling and reconstruction of Station Road roundabout and its approaches, construction of a new roundabout at the junction of the A1171 and Nelson Village, road widening of the A1171 and new footpaths. 
 
Whilst the new roundabout at the entrance to Nelson Village and work to the A1171 north of this is now nearing completion, this phase has taken the housing developer’s contractor longer than expected.  
 
The next phase of works is to complete the rest of the works on the A1171 between the new roundabout at the Crowhall Lane / Nelson Village junction and the Station Road roundabout.  
 
In this phase the A1171 will be closed between Station Road roundabout and the new Crow Hall Lane / Nelson Village roundabout, with access to and from Nelson Village and the new housing development being from the Northumbrian Road roundabout along the A1171. Station Road roundabout itself would be unaffected except for the leg of the A1171 to the north being closed.    
 
The council has carefully considered whether it is appropriate to allow this next phase of works to take place now in the run up to Christmas. 
 
Having carefully considered the impacts of further delaying the overall works required by the planning permission against the additional impacts of traffic in the pre-Christmas period, it has been agreed that the works should continue into this next phase with the section of road between the new Crow Hall Lane / Nelson Village roundabout and the Station Road roundabout closed.  
 
Given concerns about traffic diversions leading to significantly increased traffic at the roundabout on Station Road near Sainsburys, the Council will be requiring the contractor to strengthen diversion and alternative route signs to use Nelson Drive and the A1068/Station Road to reach the town centre rather than diverting via Northumbrian Road.   
 
No other work will take place on the Station Road roundabout or Westmorland Way in the period leading up to Christmas. 
 
Further works will be required on the approaches to the Station Road roundabout in the New Year, with road closures needed on each leg of the roundabout to avoid the delays that would be caused by multi way traffic lights.  
 
Further information on the detail of these phases of works will be provided by the contractor as the scheme progresses.     
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