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The County Council' s contractor, Wrekin Construction Limited have been put in to administration and have withdrawn from the roadworks contract. Those works commenced have been made safe and roundabout opened up to normal traffic. The original contract period was for up to 20 weeks. The remaining works are currently out to re-tender from the County Council's select list of contractors and new start date with expected completion date will be announced in due course.
A spokesperson for the county council has said:
"The council has taken over the Griff Roundabout site from the Administrator and is maintaining the traffic management and the roundabout fully reopened to traffic. A new contractor will be procured in due course to complete the original scheme." |
Whats being done?
The works involve alterations to the entries and exits of the roundabout with provision of traffic signals on four entry legs, A444 north and southbound and both of the B4113 Coventry Road. There will also be traffic signals installed on the circulatory carriageway of the central island. Four of the roundabout exits will have signals installed, these being the B4113 Coventry Road east and southbound, A444 north and southbound. The controlled crossings will include facilities for pedestrians and cyclists and assist traffic joining the interchange. This will enhance the existing cycleway and pedestrian facilities already provided at this busy interchange. The carriageway width of the central island will be strip widened over certain lengths as will the A444 north and southbound and B4113 Coventry Road southbound approach to the roundabout to provide additional running lanes. The approach roads, circulatory carriageway of the roundabout and all exit roads will be completely resurfaced on completion and new lane markings applied.
For details of the new signal arrangements please use the following link Proposed Traffic Signal Controlled Junctions and Pedestrian Crossings - Nuneaton and Bedworth
Details of the General Arrangement of the proposed highway layout and site location plan can be viewed below. To view the file you will need to have Adobe Reader.
BackGround
This is a Major Project wholly funded by Warwickshire County Council.
The scheme has been designed to address the serious injury accident history at the roundabout, ease congestion and provide crossing facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. The scheme was approved by Cabinet for inclusion in to the Capital Programme at its meeting on the 24th April 2008, and further approval sought on the 6th November 2008 before an award of contract could be made.
The contract was awarded to Wrekin Construction Limited of Shifnal, Shropshire and commenced on the 26 January 2009 but they are now in administration and have abandoned the roadworks at Griff roundabout. The original contract period was for up to 20 weeks. The remaining works will be re-tendered and new completion date announced in due course.
Work of this type will require the use of part time and full time temporary traffic signals, and as Griff Roundabout is on one of the main routes between Bedworth, Nuneaton and motorway network, delays and disruption are likely to be experienced by road users. To minimise this, lane closures and some elements of work will be carried out in the evening or at night. Access to local businesses on Bermuda Business Park and Bermuda Industrial Estate will be maintained at all times.
The highways works to Griff Island are unrelated to those improvements works being carried out to the Griff caravan gypsy site off the Coventry Road leading towards Hill Top.
Warning
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. If you are approached in this way and have any concerns please contact our Trading Standards Department on 08454 04 05 06.
Contact Us
Should you require further information on the project please contact Richard Bailey, Project Manager, Tel 01926 412110 or Kande Bure Bai Kamara, Project Engineer, Tel 01926 412676.
For general enquiries please email Highway Design Feedback or telephone 01926 476822. |