Posted on Tuesday 30th July 2024
A34 Radford Bank
A major road and transport improvement scheme is progressing with traffic management changes in place from this week.
The scheme will see improvements from the A34 Weeping Cross to the Queensville island. This will be followed by works on the section from Queensville to Queensway next spring. This includes road and footway resurfacing from the junction into the town centre, new pedestrian crossings and cycleways. There will also be maintenance of the Grade II Listed Radford River Bridge.
Work started on the A34 at the Weeping Cross roundabouts at the beginning of this month. As part of this phase from today July 29 there will be a two-week closure of the junction of Wildwood Drive with the A34 Cannock Road.
Over the next two weekends there will be daytime closures of the inbound section of Baswich Lane from the Weeping Cross roundabout for 150 metres. These closures will be in place between 6.30am and 6pm on the weekend of August 3 and 4 and August 10 and 11.
Weeping Cross Milford Road will be closed for a 150-metre section travelling out of town from Monday August 12 to Wednesday August 21, meaning vehicles will only be able to travel towards the roundabout.
A one-way closure will be in place along the A34 Radford Bank, allowing traffic to travel towards town only for four months from September 2 and there will be some full night-time closures for resurfacing.
Overnight closures on the Weeping Cross roundabouts will be in place from mid-September, with details and dates to be confirmed imminently.
Hundreds of people attended an information event last month at Wildwood Community Centre and people are now being advised to visit the A34 webpage to find out more about traffic management.
A video explaining the scheme can be viewed on the county council’s Facebook page.
Work needs to take place now due to national funding requirements. Once completed the road surface will last for between 20 and 30 years.
Staffordshire County Council’s strategic cabinet member for highways Mark Deaville said:
This project will bring considerable and lasting improvements to one of the major routes into Stafford, but we do understand people’s concerns over disruption.
We are keeping people informed throughout the scheme – giving them accurate and timely information whenever we can.
We do need to carry out this work now due to requirements set out in our funding bid and would like to assure people that every effort is being made by the project team throughout to minimise disruption.”