Long term closures (non flooding):
Cliff Path, Lake – closed to vehicles due to safety reasons
Cliff Path, Lake – closed to pedestrians from Winchester house car park to Skew Bridge path / Lake Cliff Gardens due to safety reasons
Cliff Path, Shanklin – closed to pedestrians between Delphi Road and St Boniface Cliff Road due to safety reasons
Knighton Lane & Knighton Shute, Newchurch – closed due to a poor surface (these roads will remain closed until the area dries out as the proposed surface treatment cannot be applied while the roads are wet)
Rew Lane, Ventnor – closed due to a poor surface
Undercliff Drive, Niton – between Mirables (in the west) and Seven Sisters Road (in the east) – closed for safety reasons
Undercliff Drive, Niton – between from Inglewood Park to a point west where it meets Seven Sisters Road – closed due to flooding.
Current and upcoming roadworks for week starting 24th Feb
ALUM BAY:
Alum Bay New Road (from The Access Road to Headon Hall Cottages to the end of the publically maintainable highway (at the entrance to Needles Pleasure Park).
Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from Friday 3 January 2014 for the foreseeable future until carriageway repair works have been undertaken (as a result of recent excessive rain). Some traffic delays will occur.
ARRETON:
A3056 Sandown Road (100 metres Blackwater side of Factory unit)
Temporary traffic lights will be in operation for approx. 3 or 4 hours during the period from 9.30am until 3.30pm on Wednesday 26 February 2014 for carriageway repairs by Island Roads. Some traffic delays will occur.
A3056 Arreton Street (near cycle track crossing and near Hazeley Coombe)
Temporary traffic lights will be in operation for approx. 3 or 4 hours during the period from 9.30am until 3.30pm on Wednesday 26 February 2014 for carriageway repairs by Island Roads. Some traffic delays will occur.
BINSTEAD:
A3054 Binstead Road (outside 1 Ryde Mews) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 6.30pm until 9.30pm on Wednesday 26 February 2014 for carriageway repair works following an earlier water main burst by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water.
CARISBROOKE:
B3323 High Street (outside 24 and 24c). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Tuesday 4 March until 4pm on Friday 7 March 2014 for the installation of a new service by Southern Gas Networks. Traffic delays will occur.
COWES:
Brunswick Road will be closed from 8am on Wednesday 26 February until 5pm on Friday 28 February 2014 between Langley Road and a point 70 metres to the southeast (at the exit from Brunswick Road car park). The closure is required for the installation of a new gas service outside number 4 by Southern Gas Networks. The alternative route for traffic will be: Brunswick Road, Langley Road, Medina Road and Bridge Road. The one way restriction in Brunswick Road (from Bridge Road to Langley Terrace will be temporarily suspended to allow access during the works).
EAST COWES:
Columbine Road / Albany Road will be closed from Castle Street to Esplanade between 1pm on Thursday 13 February and approx. Monday 24 February 2014 carriageway reconstruction works by Walker Construction. DIVERSION ROUTE: Maresfield Road, Cambridge Road and Esplanade.
FRESHWATER:
Cameron Close will be closed to vehicular traffic from 7am on Monday 18 November 2013 until 7am on Monday 18th May 2015 between the northern boundary of number 2 (45 metres north of the junction with Camp Road) and the end of the surfaced highway (110 metres to the northeast of Camp Road). The closure is required for the demolition of existing buildings and construction of a new development by Stoneham Construction Ltd.
There is no alternative route for vehicular traffic. The public footpath between Cameron Close and Jubilee Close will be also closed to pedestrians from 7am on Monday 18th November 2013 until 7am on Sunday 18th May 2014 from the end of the surfaced highway in Cameron Close (105 metres to the north east of Camp Road) to the end of the surfaced highway in Jubilee Close (110 metres to the northwest of Camp Road) for the same reason. There is no alternative route for pedestrians.
GODSHILL:
A3020 High Street (outside Westmead and Hair Design shops) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation for approx. 3 or 4 hours during the period from 9.30am until 3.30pm on Thursday 27 February 2014 for carriageway repairs by Island Roads.
Some traffic delays will occur.
Beacon Alley (near to the railway bridge) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation for approx. 3 or 4 hours during the period from 9.30am until 3.30pm on Thursday 27 February 2014 for carriageway repairs by Island Roads. Some traffic delays will occur.
LAKE:
Cliff Road / Cliff Path will be closed from 7pm on Sunday 5 January 2014 for foreseeable future between a point 30 metre to the North of Ranelagh Road to a point 95 metres to the South of Ranalegh Road (outside of number 6). During the period of closure the alternative route for traffic will be; Ranelagh Road, Currie Road and Cliff Road and Brinkcliff Gardens (located off Araluen Way). The closure is required due to land movement.
Pedestrian access will be maintained as usual.
A3055 Sandown Road junction with A3056 Newport Road. Temporary traffic control were in operation from 9am until 4pm on Monday 17 February, Tuesday 18 February and Wednesday 19 February 2014 for cable works by CCN Communications for British Telecom.
All works have been completed.
LIMERSTONE:
B3399 Limerstone Road, near West Court Farm. Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am approx. 4pm on Tuesday 25 February 2014 for carriageway repairs following a water main burst by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water.
NEWCHURCH:
Knighton Shute / Knighton Lane will be closed from Mersley Down Road to Mersley Lane will be closed between 2pm on Saturday 8 February and Friday 28 March 2014.
The closure is required until urgent carriageway repairs and resurfacing works have been undertaken by Island Roads. The alternative route for traffic will be; Mersley Down Road, Downend Road, A3056 Arreton Street and Hale Common, Watery Lane,Winford Road, High Street, The Shute and Langbridge.
High Street (junction with Palmers Lane and Winford Road)
Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Monday 24 February until 4.30pm on Friday 28 February 2014 for the installation of a new service by Southern Gas Networks.
Traffic delays will occur.
Skinners Hill / Palmers Lane will be closed from 6.30am on Wednesday 26 February until 6pm on Friday 7 March 2014 between Alverstone Road and Winford Road. The closure is required for carriageway and footway repairs, resurfacing, drainage works, verge maintenance and kerbing by Island Roads. The alternative route for traffic will be; Alverstone Road, Forest Road and Winford Road
NEWPORT:
Update:
Whitesmith Road will be closed from 12pm (noon) on Thursday 27 February 2014 until approx. 4pm on Friday 7 March 2014 between Parkhurst Road and Albany Road.
The closure is required for emergency sewer repair works by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water
The works are located outside number 1, which is near to the junction with Parkhurst Road.
The alternative route for traffic will be; Parkhurst Road, St Marys Roundabout, Parkhurst Road, Hunnyhill, Worsley Road and Albany Road.
St James Street will be closed from 9am on Monday 24 February until approx. 4pm on Friday 28 February 2014 between Chapel Street and Orchard Street. The closure is required for the installation of water service connections at the junction with Bowling Green Lane by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water. The one way restriction in St James Street will be temporarily suspended during the works. The alternative route for traffic will be; Orchard Street. The closure is required for the installation of water service connections at the junction with Bowling Green Lane.
Bowling Green Lane will be closed from 9am on Wednesday 26 February until 4pm on Friday 7 March 2014 to vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists between Orchard Street and St James Street. The closure is required for the installation of water service connections at number 4 and 4A Bowling Green Lane by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water. The alternative route for vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists will be; Orchard Street.
A3054 Fairlee Road (approx. 300 metres East of Fairlee Farm (towards Racecourse). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 3pm on Tuesday 25 February and if necessary Wednesday 26 February 2014 for gully cleaning and survey works by Island Roads.
Whitehouse Road will be closed between 6.30am and 6pm (Mondays to Fridays) from Tuesday 4 February until approx. Friday 28 February 2014. The closure is required for carriageway resurfacing works by Island Roads. The diversion route will be: Light Traffic: A3054 Forest Road and Yarmouth Road, Corf Road, White Oak Lane and Locks Green Road.
Heavy traffic: A3054 Forest Road, A3020 Parkhurst Road, Horsebridge Hill, Cowes Road and Newport Road,Nodes Road, Pallance Road, Hillis Gate Road, and Rolls Hill Road. THE ROAD IS CLOSED 24 HOURS A DAY AT PRESENT.
Church Litten From 9am on Monday 10 February until 8.45 am on Friday 21 February 2014, a lane restriction was in operation on the western side of the carriageway in Church Litten between Litten Park superstores entrance and ‘Church Litten Gate’. The lane restriction was required to allow the buses on a local bus service to operate from Church Litten whilst carriageway repair works are undertaken in part of Newport Bus Station.
All works have now been completed.
A3054 Fairlee Road (junction with Racecourse at Binfield Corner) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 3.30pm on Mondays 3 March and Tuesday 4 March 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.
A3054 Fairlee Road (from Binfield corner to Medina High School). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 3.30pm on each day (Mondays to Fridays) between Tuesday 4 March and Thursday 12 March 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.
A3020 Medina Way / Parkhurst Road (from St Marys Hospital to Southern end of Isle of Wight College Car Park. Temporary lane closures will be in operation on the southbound carriageway between from 7.30am until midnight on Thursday 27 February 2014 for streetlight and carriageway repairs by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.
NITON:
Newport Road junction with Church Street. Temporary traffic lights will be required from Monday 6 January until Friday 28 February 2014 for drainage works by Island Roads.
RYDE:
Castle Street will be closed from 8am on Wednesday 8 January until 5pm on Friday 21 February 2014 between George Street and Union Street. The one way restriction will be temporarily suspended to allow access to premises and businesses during the weeks.
The diversion route will be: Union Road, Cross Street, Union Street, Esplanade and George Street. The closure is required for gas main replacement works.
B3330 St Johns Hill (from St Johns Road Railway Bridge, Moreys Timber Store to School Street). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Monday 6 January until approx. 4pm on Friday 14 March 2014 for the renewal of the water main & services by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water.
SANDOWN:
Pier Street (from 1 to 16). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Monday 17 February until approx. 4pm on Friday 28 February 2014 for the installation of new electric low voltage main by Scottish & Southern Energy.
Traffic delays will occur.
SHANKLIN:
Cliff Path will be closed from 9.30am on Monday 20 January 2014 for the foreseeable future to pedestrians from Skew Bridge Path to Winchester House Car Park. The closure is required due to erosion/ land movement. During the period of closure the alternative route for pedestrians will be; Skew Bridge Path, A3055 Sandown Road and Winchester House Car Park.
A3020 Victoria Avenue will be closed from 6.30am on Monday 3 March until 6pm on Friday 4 April 2014 between Salem Road and A3055 High Street. The closure is required for the upgrading of A3055 High Street junction traffic signals and associated highway works by Island Roads. The alternative route for traffic is; A3020 Victoria Avenue, Florence Road, Grange Road and A3055 High Street.
To assist with the freeflow of traffic in the area during the works one way restrictions will be introduced in Hatherton Road, Shanklin as follows;
1)-From Brook Road to Western Road – traffic will only be permitted to travel in an eastbound direction, towards Western Road. The alternative route for traffic (travelling in a westbound direction, towards Brook Road) will be; Western Road, Landguard Road, A3055 High Street, Regent Street, Falcon Cross Road, Collingwood Road and Brook Road;
2) – From St Johns Road to Albert Road – traffic will only be permitted to travel in a westbound direction, towards Albert Road. The alternative route for traffic (travelling in an eastbound direction, towards St Johns Road) will be; Hatherton Road, Albert Road, A3020 Victoria Avenue and St Johns Road.
Palmerston Road will be closed from 9am on Monday 10 February until 4pm on Friday 14 March 2014 between Park Road and Eastcliff Promenade. The closure is required for sewer flood alleviation works by Clancy Docwra on behalf of Southern Water. The diversion route will be: Palmerston Road, Queens Road, Osborne Road and Eastcliff Promenade.
A3055 Arthurs Hill (outside 30, Burcroft near junction with St Martins Avenue) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Monday 17 February until 4pm on Friday 21 February 2014 for the installation of a new service by Southern Gas Networks. Traffic delays will occur.
ST LAWRENCE:
A3055 Undercliff Drive will be closed from St Catherine’s Road to Seven Sisters Road (Western Junction), between 9am on Monday 4 November until Wednesday 30 April 2014 for carriageway stabilisation and repair works between Barrington Lodge, near to the western junction with Seven Sisters Road and Mirables which is located about a mile towards Niton, by Island Roads.
Geotechnical works to strengthen the road at the Undercliff, in the Niton / St Lawrence area is one of the first of 18 geotechnical schemes to maintain the road network being undertaken by Island Roads as part of the Highways PFI. In this area underlying clay foundations have caused frequent ground movement. Geotechnical work will be undertaken in three areas; In the vicinity of Undercliff Caravan Park and a property called Woodlands, the highway will be anchored by 25-metre steel cables driven through the clay strata into a more substantial layer of rock. At a location above Hunts Road, more than 100 ten-metre concrete piles will be drilled into the rock to strengthen the highway.
DIVERSION ROUTE: A3055 Undercliff Drive, Barrack Shute, Institute Hill, New Road, Starr Inn Road and Church Street, Rectory Road, Chatfield Road, Kemming Road, High Street (Whitwell), Ventnor RD, Whitwell Road, Gills Cliff Road, Castle Road, A3055 Steephill Road and Undercliff Drive.
Due to a landslip A3055 Undercliff Drive is now closed to pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders from 12pm (noon) on Saturday 15 February 2014 for the foreseeable future between a point 560 metres west to, the access road to Mirables, 1260 metres west of the western junction of Seven Sisters Road with A3055 Undercliff Drive, St Lawrence.
During the period of closure the alternative route for traffic will be;
Pedestrians; A3055 Undercliff Drive, Public Footpath V81, V77, N28, N29, N30 and A3055 Undercliff Drive.
Cyclists and Equestrians; A3055 Undercliff Drive, Seven Sisters Road, St Lawrence Shute, Whitwell Road, Ventnor Road, High Street (Whitwell), Kemming Road, Chatfield Road, Rectory Road, High Street (Niton), Institute Hill, Barrack Shute and A3055 Undercliff Drive,
VENTNOR:
B3327 Ocean View Road (junction with Gills Cliff Road and Newport Road) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Monday 3 March until 4.30pm on Monday 31 March 2014 for gas main replacement works by Southern Gas Networks. Traffic delays will occur.
Rew Lane will be closed from 9am on Monday 6 January until approx. Friday 7 March 2014 between B3327 Clarence Road to a point 170 metres southwest of the junction with Mountfield Road (at the end of West Street). During the period of closure the alternative route for traffic will be; B3327 Clarence Road and High Street (Wroxall) and West Street. The closure is required until carriageway repair works have been undertaken.
Bath Road. A one way restriction will be in operation from La Falaise car Park to Belgrave Road between 9am on Tuesday 29 October until approx. 9am on Monday 19 May 2014 due to the reduction in road for the protection to masonry at retaining wall R1074 above a property called Seacourt.
DIVERSION ROUTE: Belgrave Road, Zig Zag Road, Alpine Road, Church Street, Hambrough Road, Shore Hill, Esplanade and Bath Road.
WHIPPINGHAM:
A3054 Racecourse Roundabout (junction with Racecourse and Whippingham Road) Temporary lane restrictions and traffic lights will be in operation from 8am until 1pm on Sunday 2 March 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.
WOOTTON:
A3054 Lushington Hill (various locations from High Street to Racecourse Roundabout). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 4pm on each day (Mondays to Fridays) between Tuesday 18 February and Monday 24 February 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.
A3054 Lushington Hill (junction with Park Road). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 4pm on Friday 21 February and on Monday 24 February 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.
YARMOUTH:
A3054 Tennyson Road / Bouldnor Road between The Common and The Viewpoint Car Park. A scheme to strengthen an unstable stretches of the A3054 highway started in November 2013 and should be completed by the end of April 2014. The project at Bouldnor Road is one of 18 geotechnical schemes to maintain the road network being undertaken by Island Roads as part of the Highways PFI. The work will involve strengthening a 700-metre stretch of the highway between the Viewpoint Car Park and Yarmouth Green. 650 steel sheet piles will be driven up to 16 metres into the ground, a process called ‘soil nailing’ will also be used to stabilise the highway at the Yarmouth end of the scheme.
Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 8am on Monday 4 November 2013 until 5pm on Monday 31 March 2014 at various locations between The Common and The Viewpoint Car Park.
Traffic delays will occur.
Vehicles over 6ft 6in in width are advised to use an alternative route during the next few weeks due to the narrow road width.
A temporary clearway order to prevent vehicles from stopping on the carriageway, footway, verges and any lay-bys will be in operation in A3054 Bouldnor Road from a point 460 metres to the North East of Thorley Road junction to a point 160 metres to the West of Thorley Road junction and in B3401 Thorley Road from the junction with A3054 Bouldnor Road to a point 120 metres to the South East. This Order is required in the interests of road safety whilst carriageway stabilisation and repair works are undertaken.
The order will be operation from 8am on Monday 4 November 2013 until 6pm on Wednesday 30 April 2014.
A3054 Tennyson Road / Bouldnor Road will be closed from 9am on Monday 17 February until 6pm on Friday 4 April 2014 between Victoria Road to St Swithins Crescent. The closure is for piling and carriageway repair works in connection with geotechnical stabilisation works by Island Roads. The diversion route will be: Through Traffic:
A3054 Tennyson Road, River Road, Bridge Road, Halletts Shute and Colwell Road, A3055 The Avenue, Avenue, Road, School Green Road and Afton Road, B3399 Newport Road, and B3399 / B3401 Freshwater Road, Sun Hill, Calbourne Road and High Street (Carisbrooke), Priory Road, Gunville Road, A3054 Forest Road, Yarmouth Road, Main Road (Shalfleet), Yarmouth Road, Ningwood Hill and Yarmouth Road. Light Traffic up to 6ft 6in in width can use; Pixley Hill, Copse Lane and Hooke Hill.
