Essential repairs to begin on five Stoke on Trent City routes

Motorists are being urged to allow extra time for their journeys or use alternative roads while essential repairs to five city routes begin next week.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to carry out resurfacing and drainage works on routes across the city, to improve road safety and traffic flow.

The routes that will be affected are:
• Sneyd Hill near Smallthorne roundabout – resurfacing works will start on Tuesday 25 January for three days, between 9.30am and 3.30pm each day. Sneyd Hill will be closed at the exit from Smallthorne roundabout during the works. Traffic flow will remain as normal outside these hours.

• High Lane between Hamil Road and Smallthorne roundabout – resurfacing works will take place on Thursday 27, Friday 28 January and Monday 31 January in the evenings after 6.30pm. High Lane will close between Hamil Road and Smallthorne roundabout during the work. Traffic flow will remain as normal outside these hours.

• Campbell Place, Stoke – resurfacing works will start on Monday 24 January after 8.30pm for three nights. Campbell Road will be closed to traffic, apart from buses, during the work.

• Biddulph Road/Oxford Road junction, Fegg Hayes – resurfacing works will take place on Sunday 30 January, Sunday 6 February and Sunday 13 February. Oxford Road will be closed between Fegg Hayes Road and Biddulph Road during the works.

• Weston Road, Meir – drainage works will start off the highway next week, but are expected to affect traffic on Weston Road between Park Hall Road and the city boundary in the vicinity of The Close in the coming weeks. Temporary traffic signals will be used for approximately one month while the works take place.

Councillor Brian Ward, cabinet member for housing, planning and transportation, said: “These works are part of our planned programme of maintenance to ensure city roads are safe for motorists and that traffic can flow. It is a major work programme and is necessary as part of our long term maintenance programme.

“Where possible we have ensured that work will take place outside of rush hours and on Sundays. This is to reduce the disruption to motorists as much as possible. We ask that motorists have patience while the works take place, and allow more time for their journeys or look at alternative routes.”