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Roadworks and road closures for week starting 17th March (updated)

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
Hill Place Lane – closed to vehicles 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

Current and upcoming roadworks for week starting 17th March.

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 until approx. Saturday 29 March 2014 until carriageway repair works have been undertaken. Some traffic delays will occur.

ARRETON:
A3056 Hale Common (outside Holliers Farm) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am until 4pm on Tuesday 1 April 2014 for tree cutting works by Groundsell Contracting. Some traffic delays are likely.

ASHEY / BRADING:
Ashey Road (junction of West Ashey Farm near East Ashey Lane). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation by Docklands Traffic Management at times as necessary from 9am until 5pm on Sunday 30 March 2014 to enable vehicles to safely travel in and out of the Isle of Wight Grand National and Ashey Scurry event. Traffic delays will occur.

ATHERFIELD:
A3055 Military Road (outside Atherfield Camp) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 8am until 4pm on Tuesday 25 March for tree / hedge cutting works by Groundsell Contracting. Some traffic delays are likely.

BEMBRIDGE:
B3395 Kings Road (outside 12) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am until 4pm on Wednesday 19 March 2014 for sewer pipeline CCTV survey works by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water. Some traffic delays are likely.

Embankment Road (outside Houseboat called Spinnaker). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 11am on Monday 14 March 2014 for gas main repair works by Southern Gas Networks. Some traffic delays will occur.

BINSTEAD:
A3054 Binstead Hill / Binstead Road (from Chapel Road to Stonepits Close) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation between 9.30am until 3.30pm on Thursday 13 March, Friday 14 March and Monday 17 March 2014 for cable works by British Telecom. Traffic delays will occur.

COWES:
Park Road will be closed from 6.30pm until 6am on the nights of Thursday 13 March, Friday 14 March 2014 and if necessary on Monday 17 March and Tuesday 18 March 2014 from Princes Street to Ward Avenue. The closure is required for carriageway resurfacing works by Island Roads. The diversion route for traffic is; Park Road, Tuttons Hill, Baring Road, Crossfield Avenue and Ward Avenue.

Park Road (outside number 135) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation between 9.30am and 3.30pm on Tuesday 18 March 2014 for tree cutting works by Christopher Gibson. Traffic delays will occur.

COWES/ EAST COWES:
The Cowes to East Cowes Floating Bridge will be out of service for a refit from 8.30am on Monday 7 April until approx. Monday April 14 2014. A passenger launch will be provided which cyclists can also use between Cowes and East Cowes whilst the Floating Bridge is out of service. Cars & vans will be diverted via Newport during the refit.

EAST COWES:
Castle Street was closed from Bridge Square to Link Road between 9am on Monday 10 March until 1.45pm on Friday 14 March 2014 for emergency electric cable repair works by Scottish & Southern Energy. All works have been completed.

Albany Road will be closed between 8am on Monday 24 February and 4pm on Monday 24 March 2014 from a point 20 metres to the northeast of the junction with Esplanade to a point 20 metres to the southwest of the junction with Esplanade.
The alternative route for traffic will be; Esplanade, Cambridge Road, Maresfield Road and Columbine Road. The closure is required for carriageway re-construction and realignment works by Walker Construction.

Castle Street junction with Maresfield Road / Old Road. Temporary traffic lights will be in operation between 7.30am on Wednesday 19 March and approx. 6pm on Friday 21 March 2014 for remedial carriageway planning and surfacing works Walker Construction. Some traffic delays will occur.

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:
Whitwell Road (outside Millers) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Monday 10 March until approx. 4pm on Tuesday 18 March 2014 for the renewal of pipework by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water.

GURNARD:
Rew Street (near to Flora Rosa) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am until 3.30pm on each day (Mondays to Fridays) from Friday 7 March until Friday 21 March 2014 for the installation of safety bollard verge works & line painting works by Island Roads. Some traffic delays will occur.

Princes Esplanade will be closed from 6.30am until 6pm on each day between Monday 10 March and Friday 14 March 2014 and on Monday 17 March 2014 from 200 metres north of Woodvale Road to 585 metres north and northeast of Woodvale Road. The closure is required for carriageway resurfacing works by Island Roads. The diversion route will be: Woodvale Road, Baring Road, Crossfield Avenue, Ward Avenue, Baring Road, Castle Road, Queens Road, Egypt Hill, Egypt Esplanade, Princes Esplanade and Princess Esplanade.

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 Lake Hill from (New Road to Talbot Road) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 3.30pm on each day between Monday 17 March and Wednesday 19 March 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads.
Traffic delays will occur.

A3056 Newport Road will be closed from 6.30pm until 6am on each night between Monday 17 and Friday 21 March 2014 from Whitecross Lane to Lamorbey Road. The closure is required for carriageway resurfacing works by Island Roads. Diversion Route: Whitecross Lane, Sandy Lane, Landguard Manor road, Green Lane, Cemetery Road, A3055 Sandown Road and A3056 Newport Road.

LIMERSTONE:
B3399 Limerstone Road, near West Court Farm Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am approx. 3pm on Thursday 6 March 2014 for carriageway repairs following a water main burst by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water.

NEWCHURCH:
Mersley Down Road will be closed 7pm until 11pm on the night of Tuesday 18 March between Downend Road and Knighton Shute. The closure is for the installation of road safety studs from Newport Shute to Lime Kiln Shute. The alternative route for vehicles, will be; Downend Road, A3056 Arreton Street, Hale Common, Newport Road, A3055 Sandown Road, Lake Hill, Broadway, Morton Common, and Morton Road, Hornsey Rise, The Mall, Bully’s Hill, Brading Down Road and Mersley Down Road.

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.

NEWPORT:
Staplers Road (at Pan Meadows Roundabout junction with Long Lane). Remedial carriageway, footway and verge works will be undertaken from Monday 10 March until approx. Friday 21 March 2014 by Gracelands for Barrett Homes. There may be some minor traffic delays.

Town Lane was closed from Pyle Street to South Street from 9am until 1.30pm on Friday 14 March 2014. The closure is required for carriageway repair works by Island Roads. All works have been completed.

Whitehouse Road will be closed between 6.30am and 6pm (Mondays to Fridays) from Tuesday 4 February until approx. Monday 15 March 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.

NORTHWOOD:
Pallance Road (outside 32). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 8am on Monday 14 April until approx. 5pm on Thursday 17 April 2014 for a new gas service connection by Southern Gas Networks. Some traffic delays will occur.

A3020 Newport Road (junction with Nodes Road). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am until 3.30pm on each day from Monday 31 March until Friday 4 April 2014 for carriageway repairs & line painting works by Island Roads.
Some traffic delays will occur.

PORCHFIELD:
Whiteoak Lane (near London Heath Cottages) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation between 9.30am until 3.30pm on Wednesday 12 March , Thursday 13 March and Friday 14 March 2014 for cable repair works by British Telecom. Traffic delays will occur.

RYDE:
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.

Cross Street (junction with George Street / Melville Street) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Monday 3 March until approx. 4.30pm on Tuesday 18 March 2014 for gas main replacement works by Southern Gas Networks. From 10pm on Tuesday 11 March until approx. 6am on Wednesday 12 March 2014 the lower section of George Street will be closed to traffic at the junction with Cross Street in connection with the works. The one – way restriction in George Street will be temporarily suspended to allow access to businesses and premises. Traffic will be diverted via: Esplanade, Dover Street and Melville Street.

SANDOWN:
A3055 The Broadway (from the top of Lake Hill to Avenue Road). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 3.30pm on each day between Wednesday 19 March and Thursday 27 March 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.

Winchester Park Road (outside number 1, St Catherine’s Hotel, between A3055 Broadway and Fitzroy Street). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9am on Thursday 3 April until approx. 4.30pm on Friday 4 April 2014 for the installation of a new gas service by Southern Gas Networks. 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.

A3020 Victoria Avenue (various locations from High Street to Cliff Bridge). Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 9.30am until 3.30pm on each day between Tuesday 11 March and Friday 14 March 2014 for the replacement of Streetlights & lanterns by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.

ST LAWRENCE:
A3055 Undercliff Drive Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 8am until 5pm on Wednesday 19 March, Thursday 20 March and Friday 21 March 2014 for drainage works by Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.

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, NT28, NT29, NT30 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.

THORLEY:
Hill Place Lane will be closed from 8am on Friday 28 February 2014 until 6pm on Friday 4 April 2014 between A3054 Bouldnor Road and B3401 Thorley Street. The alternative route for traffic will be; A3054 Yarmouth Road, Ningwood Hill, Main Road, Station Road, B3401 Wellow Road, Main Road (Wellow) and Main Road (Thorley).
Note:Hill Place Lane is physically closed to traffic at the junction with A3054 Bouldnor Road and access to all premises and businesses will only be available from B3401 Thorley Street direction. The closure is required in the interests of road safety whilst A3054 Bouldnor Road / Tennyson Road is closed.

TOTLAND:
Weston Lane will be closed from Summers Lane to Alum Bay Old Road between 9am on Wednesday 5 March until 4pm on Saturday 15 March 2014 for emergency high voltage electric cable repair works by Scottish & Southern Energy. Diversion Route: York Road, Alum Bay New Road and Alum Bay Old.

Bedbury Lane will be closed at the junction with Middleton and Moons Hill from 9am and 3.30pm on Tuesday 18 March and if necessary on Wednesday 19 March and Thursday 20 March 2014. The closure is for carriageway repairs by Island Roads. The alternative route for vehicles, will be; Queens Road, Tennyson Road, The Avenue, The Broadway, Church Hill, Alum Bay New Road and Alum Bay Old Road.

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 28 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.

Marlborough Road will be closed from 9am on Monday 3 March until 4pm on Friday 9 May 2014 between the northern end of The Grove Car Park to Tulse Hill. The alternative route for traffic will be; A3055 Alpine Road, Church Street and High Street. The closure is required for the construction of a sewer chamber and associated pipework by Clancy Docwra for Southern Water. The works are located outside of 1 Spring Cottage.

High Street will be closed from 6.30pm until approx. 3am on the night of Monday 17 March 2014 between Spring Hill and Market Street. The closure is for the application of antiskid safety surfacing works by Williams Associates for Tescos.
The alternative route for vehicles, will be; Spring Hill, B3327 St Boniface Road, Trinity Road, High Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street and Market Street. If bad weather or other circumstances prevents the works being undertaken on the night of Monday 17 March the works will be completed on the night of Tuesday 18 March 2014 at the same times.

WOOTTON:
A3054 Kite Hill / High Street / Lushington Hill (from Fishbourne Lane to Park Road) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation between 9.30am until 3.30pm on Tuesday 18 March and Wednesday 19 March and Thursday 20 March 2014 for cable works by British Telecom. Traffic delay 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.

A3054 Bridge Road (at Yarmouth Bridge) Temporary traffic lights will be in operation from 6pm until 11pm on the evenings of Tuesday 18 March, Wednesday 19 March and if necessary Thursday 20 March 2014 for the annual bridge service and maintenance by Mid – Anglia for Island Roads. Traffic delays will occur.

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