Rugby Borough Council has granted George Wimpey Homes Limited planning permission for a housing development off Bilton Road, Rugby. A condition of the permission granted calls for a new signalised traffic junction to allow access to the residential development. This new junction is to be located on Bilton Road at its existing junction with Buchannan Road. The scheme is being wholly funded by George Wimpey Homes.
The works consist of realigning and widening Bilton Road and constructing a new access road for the housing development. A new length of box culvert will also be built to divert the watercourse of Sow Brook under the realigned section of Bilton Road. The works will also involve a considerable number of underground service diversions, including electricity cables, water mains, sewers, gas mains and telecommunications apparatus.
The works will, in addition, include an up-grading of the existing traffic signals on Bilton Road at the junction with Lytham Road and May Lane.
It has been agreed following public consultation, that no work will be carried out on the residential service road. However, if traffic problems arise, then calming measures on the service road may need to be considered to reduce either traffic flows or the speed of vehicles using it.
Tenders for the project have been received and the contract has been awarded to Carillion Regional Civil Engineering who have offices at Shawell off the A5 Watling Street near Lutterworth. The road and culvert works commenced on the 21st May 2007, with expected completion in September 2008.
Below is a plan showing the details of the proposed new signalised junction.
Alternatively, you can view an Acrobat file of the above plan by clicking Bilton Road Scheme Layout. The size of the file is 684 KB and depending on the speed of your connection, may take a while to download. You can also view a more detailed plan showing the signal layout by clicking Proposed Traffic Signals here.
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Work of this type will require the use of part time and full time temporary traffic signals, and as Bilton Road is one of the main radial routes in to and from Rugby town centre, delays and disruption are likely to be experienced by road users. Access to residential properties and local businesses will be maintained at all times.
On other schemes, there have been instances of traders / contractors approaching local residents offering to tarmac drives. It is not the usual procedure for the Council or its approved contractors to sell surplus material to the members of the public, and anybody claiming to be from the Council and offering to tarmac their drives should be treated with extreme caution. To make a consumer complaint to our Trading Standards Department about these rogue contractors please phone 08454 04 05 06.
Should you require further information on the project please contact Chris Horn, Project Manager, Tel 01926 412677 or Ian Biddlecombe, Project Engineer and site supervisor, Tel 01788 571789.
For general enquiries please click the  Highway Design Feedback or Telephone  01926 476822.
Should you wish to find out more about the Rugby Western Relief Road project currently under construction please click on the following link Rugby Western Relief Road Construction Information
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