The final phase of the work at Coppins Bridge commences on Monday 21st February.
This involves the upgrade of the three sets of signals at Fairlee Road / Fairlee Link Road, Staplers Road / Snooks Hill and Medina Way / Fairlee Link Road.
Temporary lights and pedestrian crossing
These signals will be replaced by temporary lights during the phase (manually controlled at peak times) and there will also be a temporary pedestrian crossing on Fairlee Link Road.
Road closure
The main impact on traffic will be the closure of Fairlee Road between Fairlee Link Road and the Staplers Road junction for the duration of work.
Traffic entering Snooks Hill/Coppins Bridge from the Whippingham / Wootton / Ryde area will need to use the official diversion via Staplers. To assist traffic flows, the lights at the junction of Staplers/top of Snooks Hill will be turned off.
Diversion
The Link Road will be open as usual for traffic wanting to enter the dual carriageway (towards Cowes and the West Wight) from the Whippingham / Wootton / Ryde areas.
The official diversion for traffic leaving Coppins Bridge for the Whippingham / Wootton / Ryde areas will be via Staplers.
The work will finish on Friday 11th March, subject to anything outside of our control eg weather related interruptions.
News shared by Claire on behalf of Island Roads. Ed
