Weeks of overnight closures are on the way in September and October along with a full weekend closure
Changes have been announced to planned road closures on the A63 Castle Street project. Earlier this month, National Highways revealed weeks of overnight closures as work continues on the huge city centre scheme.
Following a pause in August, works will continue from early September following the completion of major concrete pours. However, due to “programme changes”, previously announced overnight eastbound closures between Monday, September 1 and Thursday, September 5 are “no longer needed”.
The revised schedule, which includes weeks of overnight closures in both directions and a full weekend closure, is as follows. All are overnight closures, Monday to Friday, from 8pm and 6am, between Daltry Street and Roger Millward Way unless stated:
During the closure periods, a fully-signed diversion will be in place via the A15, A164, A1079, and A1033 for eastbound traffic and vice versa for westbound.
Meanwhile, a closure of the Queen Street exit slip road from the westbound A63, after Myton Bridge, is scheduled to be in place from Monday, October 20 at 8pm until 6am on Tuesday, November 18. A signposted diversion route will be in place.
Work to lower the A63 at the junction with Ferensway and Commercial Road to create a new split-level interchange and widen the eastbound carriageway between Princes Dock Street and Market Place began in 2020. The project is expected to be completed in 2026.
Earlier this month, highways bosses said “milestone moments” have been reached on the project and progress is becoming “increasingly visible”. Isaac Banfield, assistant project manager – major projects, enhancements at National Highways, said: “Completing the 14 pours and removing the support props are milestone moments which required a great deal of planning. We are now able to progress to the next key phases of work on the underpass, including the wall panels.
“The underpass section will evolve over the next few months, from structural works to roadworks, which is great progress. There will be some big changes visually as we start to the see the roadworks take shape and work towards completing the split-level junction and connection from Ferensway to Commercial Road.”
Elsewhere, the drainage has been connected underground between the underpass and the dedicated pumping station next to Trinity Burial Ground. At the burial ground itself, “redevelopment work continues at pace including work on brick walls, landscaping, planting and pathways”.
The site is set to be returned as a public space, featuring a number of the original headstones. Hundreds of trees, plants and shrubs have also been planted at William St Gardens with new footways and community spaces created along with the installation of play equipment.