Work is proceeding well with the refurbishment work on the Redbridge Causeway. For those of you affected by the work, I thought I might be helpful to give you a further update on the progress of the work and, more importantly, the lane and road closures scheduled over the next couple of months.
Replacement parapet panels' installation is expected to be completed by 28 April. A small number of left-hand lane closures of the westbound A35 (i.e. in the Totton direction) at off-peak times (9am – 3pm) will be needed for the delivery of materials. The south footway of the Causeway will need to remain closed until the parapet panel installation has been completed.
On the eastbound carriageway (in the Southampton direction), concrete repairs to the underside of Redbridge Road bridge, over Test Lane have been completed and all associated traffic management was removed a few weeks ago.
Concrete repair works to the adjacent Redbridge East and Redbridge West bridges, which also carry the eastbound carriageway, are progressing well and we have not needed to implement any traffic management over these bridges.
𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞
The next phase of works directly affecting traffic on the A35 eastbound carriageway remains unchanged. However, due to the delivery delays mentioned above regarding the parapet panels, the start date has been rescheduled. These works and the traffic management are now targeted to start from 1 May until July – see below.
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐄 - 𝐀𝟑𝟓 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 :
The north footway of the A35 Redbridge Causeway will be closed 24/7 and a diversion for pedestrians and cyclists will be in place via the south footway.
Lane 1 - the left-hand lane - of the eastbound A35 carriageway will be closed from the Totton on-slip to the start of the off-slip to Redbridge Roundabout.
𝐌𝐢𝐝-𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐝-𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲:
The right-hand lane of the eastbound A35 carriageway will be closed from the approach to the Totton on-slip until the start of the off-slip to Redbridge Roundabout. (Only once the closure of the left hand lane has ended).
The Totton on-slip and the off-slip to Redbridge Roundabout will remain open. The Redbridge Causeway south footway will remain open throughout the entire works.
𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲
A full closure of the A35 eastbound will be required on ‘up to' three weekends (from 8pm Friday until 6am Monday) for waterproofing and resurfacing of the carriageway on all three bridges. The work requires the weather to be dry and, therefore, dates may be subject to change at short notice. Precise dates, diversion routes and access arrangements will be confirmed as soon as they are finalised.
During the weekend closures the Totton on-slip and the off-slip to Redbridge Roundabout will be closed.
The situation will be kept under review as arrangements are finalised, and I will keep of course keep you up to date.