More disruption is expected along Newport's Fairlee Road as 'highway improvement' works get underway later this month.
Island Roads has said its scheme will not clash with current Southern Water works which started yesterday (Tuesday), however.
Temporary traffic lights are in place along Fairlee as part of the first phase of the water company's work.
Island Roads is planning to close the route in and out of Newport for five nights. It said its focus will be on a different stretch of the road to that of Southern Water engineers.
A diversion will be in place via Staplers Road.
Fairlee and the Racecourse are just one of the routes earmarked for works.
The roads included in the programme are:
- Fairlee Road and the Racecourse (five nights)
- Brading Road (three nights)
- Newport Road, Niton (five days)
- Bowcombe Road, Newport, (three days)
- Little Whitehouse Road, Calbourne (three days)
Full road closures will be in place so the busiest sections will be completed at night to minimise inconvenience to road users, Island Roads said.
The work has also been programmed to take place outside of the main holiday season when the road network is less busy.
While the majority of the highway improvement work was completed in the first seven years of the Highways PFI, ongoing annual maintenance is required to ensure the Island’s road network remains at the required standard throughout the lifetime of the contract.
That means significant work is required annually. This year, movement caused by the exceptionally hot and dry summer has put additional strain on the network.
The forthcoming work will target the sections of the roads in poorest condition, and see around 18,000 square metres of highway improved – the equivalent of nearly four-and-a half acres, or two and a quarter football pitches.
Island Roads construction manager Keith Gourlay said:
“This is a significant amount of work on some of our most-used sections of highway, so there will inevitably be some disruption to road users during the programme.
“However, we have to ensure the road network is kept up to standard, and this year the drought has put additional stress on the network which we have to address as well.
“We have scheduled much of the work at night-time and also outside of the main tourism season to reduce disruption and we thank residents in advance for their understanding.”
Work is due to begin later this month and last until mid-October.
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