Posted on Friday 14th March 2025
Rob Pritchard at Upper Gungate
A major £1.2 million highways improvement scheme in Tamworth is making good progress.
The Staffordshire County Council highways scheme, at the B5493 Aldergate and A513 Upper Gungate, is seeing the reconstruction and resurfacing of the road between Lichfield Street and Comberford Road.
The project has now progressed to the third of five phases, which is seeing crews reconstruct the route between Hospital Street and The Railway Bridge.
Work also includes improvements to a section of Offa Drive along with repairs to kerbs, tactile crossings and ironworks in the area.
Resurfacing will be taking place overnight until 22 March between the hours of 9.30pm and 6.30am. A clearly signed diversion will be in place and designated crew members at either end of the closure points will be on hand to assist drivers with access to properties. This phase is expected to take around two weeks to complete.
Rob Pritchard, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Support Member for Highways South, said:
“We’re continuing to make great progress on the Aldergate and Upper Gungate project, which remains on track for a May finish.
“Residents have been asking for improvements to be made on this key route, and I’m pleased to see these much-needed upgrades now well underway.
“Our crews have been working extremely hard and the positive feedback we’ve had from both residents and local businesses is testament to how well they’ve been engaging with the community.
“I want to thank everyone for their patience and assure you that we will continue to provide regular updates as the scheme progresses.”
This project is part of a wider £45 million investment in the county’s roads over three years.
On top of that, Staffordshire County Council has recently announced up to an extra £15 million boost for highways in the county.
This money will pay for more crews to carry out repairs to potholes and drainage issues, a full preventative maintenance programme to help stop defects forming in the first place and targeted enforcement on landowners with drainage issues affecting the highway.
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