The next round of overnight closures has been announced as ‘strong progress’ is made on the Castle Street project
“Strong progress” is being made on the A63 Castle Street scheme with more than 40 further overnight closures set to take place before Christmas as work continues. The £355m project, which began more than five-and-a-half years ago, is estimated to be completed in spring 2026.
Meanwhile, a weekend closure of the westbound carriageway between Roger Millward Way and Daltry Street that was planned for October 25 and 26 has been postponed due to an upcoming Tigers fixture. A National Highways spokesperson said: “We’ve decided to implement this at a later date due to other works taking place in Hull city centre centre, as well as the Hull City v Charlton Athletic fixture on 25 October.”
The full list of overnight closures, which will affect both the east and westbound sides of the A63 Castle Street, are as follows:
- Monday, October 20 to Friday, October 24 (5 nights)
- Monday, October 27 to Friday, October 31 (5 nights)
- Monday, November 3 to Friday, November 7 (5 nights)
- Monday, November 10 to Friday, November 14 (5 nights)
- Monday, November 17 to Friday, November 21 (5 nights)
- Monday, November 24 to Thursday, November 27 (4 nights)
- Wednesday, December 3 to Friday, December 5 (3 nights)
- Monday, December 8 to Friday, December 12 (5 nights)
- Monday, December 15 to Friday, December 19 (5 nights)
Eastbound diversions will follow the A15, A164, A1079 and A1033 with westbound the other way around.
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.
It was originally due to be completed in Spring 2025 but a year-long delay was announced in December 2024 after “extremely challenging ground conditions” were discovered that “could not have been anticipated before the scheme began”.
Speaking in August, 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.”
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