Vital structural repairs are being planned to ensure the main road into Grimsby and Cleethorpes can safely carry traffic in the decades ahead.
The project, one of the most important of its kind along the A180, is being supported by £8m of funding from the Department of Transport, secured by North East Lincolnshire Council due to the importance of the road for the borough’s economic and visitor growth in the future.
Contractors VSL have been awarded the first contract for doing the works to two of the bridges that was released last year. The third structure is subject to a separate contract which will be tendered shortly, informed by the survey works that were undertaken in November.
Next week, another set of high-tech surveys on the bridges need to be undertaken to help map out in greater detail the structural defects which will enable the works programme to be finalised.
The surveys will be undertaken from today for six nights, and will involve overnight closures to reduce disruption to businesses and residents as much as possible. The closures on the bridges will only be on the bridges, and localised diversions will be in place for each closure.
Each night, from 8pm to 6am, individual closures will be put in place overnight as follows (please note, the bridges will be opened as soon as works are completed each night):
- Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 January – full closure of Gilbey Road flyover
- Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 January – full closure of Alexandra Dock flyover
- Friday 12 and Saturday 13 January – full closure of Cleethorpe Road flyover.
