Project updates
General Arrangement Layout (PDF, 4.5 MB)
Hatton Park, July 2024 - Questions and answers
There are holes in kerbing for drainage – is this an issue for wildlife, hedgehogs etc, mainly one side but not the other. Is this due to the query raised previously?
This is not an issue and has been confirmed as such by the manufacturer. Designs already in place and nothing related to the earlier query.
Will there be a third set of lights installed?
There will be a motion activated set installed during the next two phases [6 and 7]. Date TBC
Query over right of way on entering road from resident [particularly during quieter times of the day].
The traffic lights will be moved later this month [July 2024], so that residents will be able to see the standing traffic and the signals more clearly.
On the side pavement, will the vegetation be reclaimed to avoid walking on the road?
We will speak with the Network Highways Team to discuss.
What happens if emergency vehicles need to get through on a red light?
A: Vehicles are called through by the traffic operator so they don’t have to detour.
When can Temporary Traffic Management come off?
At present we cannot foresee an opportunity for the temporary traffic lights to come off.
When will the new S278 access be able to be in use?
Anticipation for the main new access to be in use in September.
How many days will the night closure be?
The contractor is in the process of refining their programme. Details will be made available shortly. The information will be communicated through a letter drop, web page update and advance signage.
When is the end date for the works?
The end date of the works is Autumn 2024.
Scheme Progress Reports
10 July 2024
The following S278 highway activities will be taking place on the A4177 Birmingham Road over the coming weeks by our appointed contractor McPhillips:
- The focus over the next few weeks will be working in the area between Ch120m - Ch35m (east of the main S278 access).
- The contractor will look to lay edging kerbs either side of the footway/cycleway.
- Prior to building up the footway/cycleway, street furniture such as new lighting columns will be installed and connected.
- The focus will then turn to shaping and dressing topsoil on the embankments between to the rear of the footway/cycleway.
- Type 1 sub-base within the footway/cycleway will be trimmed to suit design levels.
- Once the level of the sub-base has been trimmed the utility covers will be adjusted to suit finished footway levels.
- Type 1 sub-base will then be at a level when Base and Binder Course for the area of new carriageway to be laid.
- Following laying of Binder Course within the area of new carriageway, the contractor will then lay Binder Course within the footway/cycleway.
The following S278 highway activities have been completed by our appointed contractor McPhillips:
- Excavated the existing verge down to the carriageway formation level within Phase 5, between Ch30m -Ch120m.
- Existing underground utilities such as BT Openreach & Vodafone apparatus have been lowered so they sit within the sub foundation layers.
- 150mm of capping stone has been placed to form the carriageway sub foundation between Ch30 – Ch120m.
- HB2 kerbs installed along the edge of the widened carriageway between Ch30 – Ch120m.
- Type 1 sub-base laid on top of the capping within the widened carriageway between Ch30 – Ch120m.
- Base and Binder Course layers laid within the new area of carriageway widening between Ch30-Ch120m.
Traffic Management
The 2-way traffic signals on Birmingham Road will continue to be manned by an on-site Traffix operative throughout the day to try to minimise any long queues from forming during peak periods.
The traffic management in place for the scheme is currently utilising full-time 2-way traffic signals with a dedicated pedestrian crossing facility.
McPhillips will be working within Phase 5 (see extracts below) over the next few weeks, during which time the 2-way traffic signals on Birmingham Road will be positioned to suit the works area. The distance between signal heads will remain at a maximum of 150m.
Phase 5 drawing and images of on-site challenges (PDF, 281 KB)
Communications
For any enquiries related to the scheme please contact: s278teamenquiries@warwickshire.gov.uk