As the council prepares to carry out road dressing on the A34 in Stone, motorists are being reminded that road closures will come into effect from 6pm on Friday 8th July.
Staffordshire County Council’s highways teams are carrying out essential resurfacing works which aim to prolong the life of the road and keep it in good condition. The stretch of road covers the A34 from Walton Island to Darlaston Island. We reported last week that Walton Island would be subject to a full resurfacing later in the financial year as part of a multi-million-pound road repair scheme.
The surface dressing work is expected to take around one week to complete and includes a mix of overnight and daytime road and lane closures. To ensure the work can be carried out safely, a diversion will be in place which will be signposted. Access will be maintained for residents and businesses during the works where possible.
The road will be temporarily closed from 6pm to 10pm on the following dates:
- Friday 8th July
- Monday 11th July
- Tuesday 12th July
- Wednesday 13th July
- Thursday 14th July
In addition, on Saturday the 9th and Sunday 10th July the road will also be closed for periods of the day from 9am to 4pm.
Crews hope to reduce closure times and move to lane closures as the work progresses.
David Williams, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport at Staffordshire County Council said:
“Good roads are important to residents, motorists and of course the economy and it is important to invest in keeping them safe and well maintained.
“The resurfacing works at Fillybrooks are part of our preventative treatment programme which helps to extend the life of our roads and keep them in good condition. For the safety of crews and road users, temporary road and lane closures are necessary. Any vehicles requiring access through the road closure to access their properties should also take extra care whilst driving within the works area.
“Our highways crews will be doing everything they can to minimise any inconvenience and we would like to thank people in advance for their co-operation.”
The official diversion is via the B5026 Eccleshall Road into Eccleshall, then the A519 Newcastle Road to A51 Cliffords Wood, then A51 Stone Road to A34 at Darlaston roundabout.
Further details of the works are available on the one.network website.
3 comments
Peter Ford
So I have to go to work in Oulton for 1945hrs Friday, travelling frtom Norton Bridge. What route should I take?
John Austin
You will be able to take the Eccleshall road towards Walton roundabout and at the roundabout take the 2nd exit towards Crown street then onwards to Oulton.
Neil Richardson
What is road dressing.