I’m getting a lot of hits on this subject. However, I would imagine that most people have found my previous comments on road works in Ruddington from 2012 and 2013.
For a month or two now there have been the usual gleeful signs placed all around Ruddington warning of impending road closures “during March and April”. I’m sure you all know that it is standard practice to stretch out a few days of work into months nowadays. This particular case is no exception.
Be warned that during the work, the A60 and A52 southbound (not to mention West Bridgford and smaller side roads) will be much busier than usual as people are redirected away from Ruddington, and which for large periods will be completely blocked from what I can gather.
Nottinghamshire County Council is involved and they have clearly liaised closely with the City Council in order that whatever it is they’re doing will have the maximum negative impact on the motorist, dovetailing neatly with the tram works in Clifton and Wilford, the gas main work in Clifton, the replacement of lighting in Clifton, and the widening of the A453 past Clifton.
The County Council’s website lists all the road closures. Naturally, this is no “at-a-glance” list, since to properly understand what is closed and when you have to open up one of 18 – count ‘em: eighteen – PDF files. Even then, instead of just saying that the road will be closed from x until y, they insist on using stupid language which confuses the issue.
As far as I can tell, this is what we will have to put up with:
- 29-31 March – High Street closed between the Bricklayer’s Arms and the pedestrian crossing near to Clifton Road. Church lane from the chip shop up to the Co-op closed. Easthorpe Street closed up to Peartree Orchard. You may be able to park, but you won’t be able to get through*
- 1 April – same as above, but High Street closure extends right up to the pedestrian crossing near Clifton Road. Some restrictions eased, but with High Street still being blocked, no through route to Clifton*
- 2 April – same as above but works extending further up Easthorpe Street towards A60 junction. No through route to Clifton*
- 3-6 April – through route now open on High Street. Easthorpe Street closed all the way to A60
- 7-8 April – the whole of Church Street blocked. Charles Street blocked
- 9-11 April – same as above but with Parkyns Street now blocked as well
- 12-13 April – High Street closed again. Kirk Lane blocked. Charles Street blocked.
* There IS a rat run through the back streets, but since people will be using Ruddington Lane to get to Clifton, getting out of that might be a problem.
You can have a look at the PDFs yourself if you are trying to find where you can park, and where you can’t. I’m only interested in through routes and access, and that’s what I’ve reported here. Note that for at least part of the time the car park behind the Co-op will be shut, and the Medical Centre has already sent out warnings to patients advising that there will be no vehicular access to the surgery for about a week from 29 March.
It’s going to be chaos in the way only Nottingham’s City and County Councils can organise.
I stress again that all this is taking place at the same time as the tram works, gas main work, lighting replacements, and A453 widening. And don’t forget the permanent traffic jam going north on the ring road now that they have “improved” junctions up that end. Nottingham is now the absolute pits – thanks to the City and County Councils.