Problems have been identified with recent work
Wick Wick Roundabout near Bristol(Image: Google Maps)
A section of the A4174 Ring Road will be closed overnight for a week because of ‘quality issues’ identified in previous work.
Resurfacing works will take place on the westbound carriageway of the A4174 between the Wick Wick and Bromley Heath roundabouts from Monday May 11, over seven nights, between 8pm and 6am. The westbound part of that section of road will be closed while the works take place.
The problems were identified at the end of a project to introduce over 4km of improved cycle lanes and footpaths, which concluded towards the end of last year. That project included introducing new paths, widening existing paths, resurfacing works and installing new pedestrian crossings.
Following completion of those works, South Gloucestershire Council “identified some unforeseen quality issues with the material provided.”
“What we’ve discovered is that during the mixing operation and the production of the asphalt, there’s been some concealed elements within the plant itself that have broken down,” Shaun Wilson, operations and highway maintenance manager, said in a recent YouTube video announcing the re-opening of the Hambrook junction.
“(It is) extremely unfortunate and it resulted in the asphalt being contaminated with some rubber.”
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The supplier will perform the remedial work at no extra cost to the council, and by extension taxpayers.
“We work with the supplier in accordance with our contractual requirements and everything is being replaced with no cost to South Gloucestershire,” Mr Wilson said.
The contaminated asphalt won’t be usable in other roads but it will be repurposed elsewhere in other aggregates.
The official diversion route for traffic according to the council’s announcement on the One Network site is nearly 30-miles long, with motorists being redirected via Westerleigh Road, Yate and the B4058. The m3 and m3x bus services will also be disrupted.