Lincolnshire County Council has instructed Anglian Water to remove temporary traffic lights and restore Deeping Road, Uffington to full capacity following traffic flow issues at the site
The set of Anglian Water works happening on the A1175 at Uffington are in place to repack a faulty sluice valve. The works are planned and our highways officers imposed conditions that the temporary lights would only be in place between 09:00 and 15:30, and that they would be manually controlled when active. It has been brought to our attention that neither of these conditions have been adhered to.
Karen Cassar, assistant director of Highways at Lincolnshire County Council said: “This morning Lincolnshire County Council was notified of considerable delays to traffic around the A1175 Deeping Road at Uffington and Copthill School caused by roadworks and temporary traffic lights.
“After our investigation of the site, it became clear that the conditions of work set by us were not adhered to by Anglia Water and this caused considerable congestion and disruption to traffic. The works have been cancelled for today, the traffic lights turned off and the road reopened.
“The works will now be carried out on Tuesday 18th November in line with our instructions. Works will not begin until 09:00 and will finish at 15:30. The site traffic management will be manually controlled to allow for flexible traffic flow to suit demand, rather than automatic lights on set timings.
“We will discuss this matter further with senior management at Anglia Water and have already discussed the issues with colleagues at Peterborough City Council.”