February 11, 2020 4.46 pm This story is over 49 months old

Six weekends of A15 closures for Lincoln Eastern Bypass

The 14 mile diversion will allow for finishing works at the new Sleaford roundabout
Road closed stock image with police cordon.

The A15 Sleaford Road, south of Lincoln, will be closed for up to six weekends to allow for works at a new Eastern Bypass roundabout.

Lincolnshire County Council has put in a 14-mile-long diversion through the A607 Lincoln Road and B1178 White Lane.

It will form part of the Lincoln Eastern Bypass, which is on track to open in Autumn 2020, more than 80 years after the plans were first drawn up.

The diversion and road closure will be in place from March 13 to May 4:

  • 7pm on Friday, March 13 to 9pm on Sunday, March 15
  • 5am on Saturday, March 21 to 9pm on Sunday, March 22
  • 5am on Saturday, March 28 to 9pm on Sunday, March 29
  • 7pm on Friday, April 17 to 6am on Monday, April 20
  • 7pm on Friday, April 24 to 6am on Monday, April 27
  • 7pm on Friday, May 1 to 6am on Monday, May 4

It will allow for finishing works at the new Sleaford Road roundabout including the final layer of surfacing, signage and landscaping.

Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways at LincolnshireCounty Council, said: “We’re just about finished with all our works at the new Sleaford Road roundabout.

“All that’s left is to lay the final layer of surfacing, paint road markings, install signage, topsoil and landscape, and carry out some other minor works.

“We will then inspect the roundabout and all its approaches to make sure everything is to the quality we want and expect.

“We’ll be doing our very best to complete all of this without using all six weekends, but whether we can or not will depend heavily on the weather cooperating with us.”