Spalding Western Relief Road January update

SWRR Jan Update

New Spalding Road roundabout complete

What we achieved in September/October/November/December

  • New roundabout completed and opened
  • All temporary traffic management removed from Spalding Road and Enterprise Way
  • Completed footway and kerbing works; road surfacing; drainage; street light and signage installation; and completed laying new road markings at roundabout
  • Completed piling works for the eastern structural embankments up to the bridge; piling for permanent high pressure gas slab foundation; and eastern low height embankment surcharge
  • Completed diversionary works for Openreach, WPD and Anglian Water
  • Continued pile cap works; putting protective coating on concrete pile caps; and works on western low height embankment surcharge
  • Commenced laying material in between pile caps; pouring of gas main protection slab beams; and piling works for railway bridge piers and abutments

What's happening in January/February/March

  • Complete piling works, as well as cofferdams for the east/west piers and abutments
  • Construct piers and abutments east and west of railway
  • Complete gas slab works
  • Continue laying material in between pile caps and surcharging west low height embankment
  • Pouring concrete and hold it in place for the new bridge’s west and east abutment bases
  • Begin construction of east and west load transfer platform
  • Begin accepting delivery and storing large volumes of light-weight fill material

Current/ongoing traffic restrictions and closures

  • Closure of Two Plank Bridge, its connecting footpath and the footpath on the Wygate estate across the rail line

Upcoming traffic restrictions and closures

  • N/A

For more information about the Spalding Western Relief Road project, please visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/swrr.

Published: 9th January 2023