Drivers in Boston and the surrounding areas will face road closures and diversions for a week due to roadworks starting this month.
Woodville Road in Boston will be fully reconstructed in a £60,000 project. The two phase project will begin on Monday, March 11 and is expected to be completed by Friday, March 15.
The road will be closed between 7.30am and 5pm each day with local diversions in place to allow the improvements to be carried out safely.
A highways spokesperson at Lincolnshire County Council said: “To reduce the impact on residents, the works are being split into two phases.
“Phase one covers the area from Matthew Flinders Way to Ivy Crescent, while phase two will focus on the section between Ivy Crescent and Hessle Drive.
“Residents affected by the improvement will need to find alternative parking arrangements if they require the use of their vehicle during between 7.30am and 5pm.
“We realise this will be inconvenient, but the works will require deep excavation of the existing road surface and it’s simply not possible to leave it open. We apologise for any disruption caused.”
Further roadworks
In a separate project, a second section of Fodder Dyke Bank in Midville near Stickney will be reconstructed using an innovative technique after last year’s successful first phase.
The £200,000 project is required due to damage caused by extensive damage over the years. The work will focus on the area adjacent to the Hobhole Drain.
Work will begin on Saturday, March 23 with the project expected to be completed by Friday, April 5 subject to favourable weather.
The existing carriageway will be recycled. The top section of the road will be crushed and mixed with other material to create a new base layer.
A new surface will then be installed and this will be further strengthened with an underlying mesh.
The road will need to be closed to all traffic, including pedestrians and cyclists, throughout the project. Access to both Hobhole Bank and Station Road will be maintained.
During the closure, traffic will be diverted via the A16 Sibsey, the B1184 Old Leake, and the A17 Friskney Eaudyke.
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An amber warning for heavy rainfall and flooding has been issued in Lincolnshire for three days this week, from Tuesday to Thursday.
There are currently four warnings and fourteen alerts of flooding for the county, with floods expected at the River Trent and the River Witham.
Associated fens from Chapel Hill to Boston, Washingborough to Metheringham, and Woodhall Spa back to Chapel Hill are expected to be affected by floods.
Multiple flood warnings and alerts across Lincolnshire. | Photo: GOV.UK
Heavy rainfall combined with snowmelt across the hills is being predicted to cause flooding across the county, causing the Met Office to issue an amber warning.
The rain warning lasts for three days in Lincolnshire, starting at 6am on Tuesday, January 19 and finishing at 12pm on Thursday, January 21.
Temperatures are likely to hit around 10-11℃ on Tuesday and Wednesday, before dropping back down to a more consistent 6℃ by Thursday ahead of the weekend.
Heavy rainfall is expected to hit Lincolnshire this week. | Photo: Met Office
Lincoln MP Karl McCartney has been given a formal warning for promoting his role as a magistrate on a political leaflet.
The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said Mr McCartney’s advertising of his role as a magistrate on the supplemental list “gave the appearance of seeking to gain advantage, which is contrary to guidance that is intended to protect judicial independence and impartiality”.
A statement from the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland and Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
They said: “In reaching their decision, they noted that Mr McCartney had previously received a disciplinary sanction for similar behaviour and was unwilling to acknowledge the inappropriateness of his actions.”
The statement includes no further detail on the leaflet such as when it was issued or what it said specifically
The Conservative MP, who took his Lincoln seat back from Labour’s Karen Lee in December 2019, notes his role that he has been a magistrate since 1999 on his website.
Karl McCartney’s “About Karl” section on his website mentions the role.
Following a list of roles he has undertaken since the early 1990s, his website states: “He has been a Parish Councillor, a school governor and a Magistrate since 1999.”
He also referred to it in his election leaflets in June 2017 where he said: “Having sat as a Magistrate in Lincoln for many years, Karl has seen at first hand the effect crime has on our society.”
As does this leaflet from June 2017.
Karl McCartney has been contacted for comment, but did not reply by the time of publication.
A driver who crashed their car into a central reservation in Lincoln, causing it to flip onto its side, was nowhere to be found in the vehicle.
Police were called to the incident on Broadgate at around 3.15am on Monday morning, when a silver Nissan collided with the central reservation as the driver was heading uphill.
The crash caused the car to lose control and roll onto its side, but when emergency services arrived at the scene, the driver was not there.
Police looked for the driver but could not find them.
Eyewitnesses are speculating that a homeless man who saw the crash helped the driver out of the vehicle, but this has not been confirmed.
The crash caused the road to be momentarily closed in the early hours of the morning, before reopening a lane at 4.50am.
A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “We have not located the driver, so are not aware of any injuries.”
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