The two-day closure of Waterlode in Nantwich is adding to the traffic delays and queues in the town.
Cheshire East highways have closed the road from the railway hotel roundabout to the junction of Shrewbridge Road.
A number of motorists were seen ignoring the “road closed” signs and then forced to u-turn or drive through Love Lane car park.
Highways said: “Pedestrian access to any premises situated within the temporary closure will be maintained at all times.
“Cyclists will be required to dismount in order for access to be maintained. Vehicular access will be maintained for emergency vehicles and residents where possible.”
They say the closure is necessary for highways to carry out “coring” works.
They say the works are likely to take place today and tomorrow (January 21-22).
The road closure notice is in place for a period of five days “or for such less time as is necessary to enable the works to be completed”.
Other parts of the town are experiencing delays, with roadworks set to begin at the junction of Newcastle Road and Elwood Way this week for a period of four weeks until Friday February 14.
Audlem Road at the junction with Peter de Stapleigh Way is also set to be impacted by works towards the end of February.
(pic courtesy of Nantwich News reader)
What an absolute joke CEC Highways are. I sat in the traffic lights on Peter De Stapeley Way and watched as the permanent traffic lights changed from red to green 4 times this morning! Why can’t CEC Highways pay for manual control of the temporary lights so that they don’t conflict with the permanent lights? Every utility company would be forced to pay for manual control but the Council can do what they like! It’s like a bunch of kids run the department in control of Coordination? Why can’t they employ an adult who knows what they’re doing to sort this mess out!
Good to see (not) that Council co-ordinate their works to avoid massive disruption! Do any council officers actually live in Nantwich and see the chaos being caused. I understand roadworks being required but surely you should not block diversionary routes AND avoid school times with discretionary works??
You have got to love the council, coming to the financial year end is it?,better get the money spent,hence all this sudden activity in the middle of winter, which is obviously the best time to repair roads and paint lines.
There were also roadworks using 4-way temporary traffic lights at the junction of the A51 with Welshman’s Lane and Wettenhall Road that were causing chaos, because Welshman’s Lane is a popular “rat run” and the queue of cars stopped at the red traffic light was blocking traffic that had entered from the A51.
Result: tailback in Welshman’s Lane taking about 15 minutes to negotiate. Cars right at the back of the queue could do a three-point turn but the last hundred yards or so is too narrow to turn around. Chaos.
Pure stupidity at it best by CEC a lot of other countries do the works overnight or of an evening. Not in the UK that would be to simple
They do not to liaise more I agree however they can’t always do do work in the school holidays to suit you, annoying as it may be there’s lots of other work to do as well.
Line painting, soooooo much more important than pot hole filling well done cec brilliant as always
Yet again another incidence whereby CEC Highways have totally let down the residents of Nantwich with extremely poor Coordination of road traffic. Who is in charge? It seems like every other road is either closed or has traffic lights on it! A 5 year old could do a better job! Why wasn’t this work carried out in the school holidays?