East West Rail is pleased to announce that Charbridge Lane has been re-opened four days early, following the bridge works and eight-week road closure.
The Launton side of the bridge work is now complete, but there are still some modifications needed to the current alignment towards the southern side. However, this work will be done predominantly using traffic light controls rather than long road closures.
The reason for the three-stage highway construction (the temporary roadway to the side of the bridge, the temporary section on the southern elevation of the bridge and the final bridge construction) is that the East West Rail project was unable to acquire land under the Transport and Works Act Order to divert the road around the bridge structure just once.
The final phase of the construction is to complete the permanent southern approach. For this, it is likely that traffic management measures will consist of lane closures, traffic lights and possibly some night closures (for the completion of the ‘tie ins’). These works, to allow the road to open on the permanent alignment, are planned to be completed by June 2022. After this, the temporary southern approach will be removed but this won’t require any traffic management.
Any enquiries should be emailed to: publicinformation@ewralliance.co.uk