As North Tyneside Council’s £7.2 million A1058 Coast Road improvement scheme draws nearer to its conclusion, resurfacing work will be carried out between 13 and 19 February at Billy Mill and its junctions with Lynn Road and Regent Terrace.
The work will extend to about 50 metres from the centre of the Billy Mill junction on each affected road. It will be done overnight with a road closure in place between 8pm and 6am – and it will be done in phases to minimise disruption and disturbance to residents and road users.
There will be some noise disturbance locally (particularly on the nights of 13, 14 and 15 February) whilst the carriageways are re-planed, ready to receive their final asphalt top surfaces.
The planing work will be done between 8pm and midnight on each occasion, and the council wishes to apologise to local residents for the temporary inconvenience this will cause.
The resurfacing work is quieter, but there will still be some noise from, for example, the alarms of construction vehicles reversing. Road lining is a quieter process and should cause minimal disturbance.
The resurfacing schedule and details are as follows:
- 13 Feb: Planing of eastbound A1058
- 14-15 Feb: Planing of westbound A1058
- 16 Feb: Asphalt top surface applied to westbound A1058
- 17 Feb: Asphalt top surface applied to eastbound A1058
- 18 Feb: White lining and traffic loop installation to eastbound A1058
- 19 Feb: White lining and traffic loop installation to westbound A1058
- 20-21 Feb: Contingency dates in case of bad weather/unforeseen circumstances
Motorists are advised that when work is carried out on the eastbound A1058, the westbound carriageways will remain open – and vice versa – and fully-signed diversions will be in place on the A1058 Coast Road throughout the resurfacing programme.
Changes to Arriva bus services
Bus operator Arriva has advised that during the closures, its services 53, 57A and 308 will be unable to serve Billy Mill Lane/Lynn Road and service 308 will be unable to serve the Coast Road between Norham Road and Billy Mill roundabout. Service 306 will also omit this section of Coast Road.
Full details of changes to these bus routes are as follows:
Service 53 will operate its normal route to Murton House Farm roundabout, then divert via New York Bypass, Norham Road (observing the bus stops at the retail park) and Verne Road to Billy Mill Avenue where it will re-join its normal route to North Shields. Return journeys will operate via this route reversed.
Service 57A will run from North Tyneside Hospital along Rake Lane to the top of Billy Mill Lane, turning back at the roundabout and then along Rake Lane back to Preston Grange. Then via A192, Walton Avenue, Queen Alexandra Road West to Billy Mill Avenue and normal route. Return journeys from North Shields will use this route in reverse.
Service 306 will operate its normal route to Norham Road junction then via Norham Road, Verne Road and Billy Mill Avenue to Regent Terrace and normal route. Return journeys will operate via this route reversed. Service 306 will temporarily observe the Norham Road bus stops at the retail park.
Service 308 will divert from the Coast Road via Norham Road North, and New York By-Pass to Rake Lane in both directions. Service 308 will temporarily observe the Norham Road North bus stops at Formica.
For more information see the latest Coast Road e-bulletin online here http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/sites/default/files/web-page-related-file...
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Notes to editors
North Tyneside Council and its partners are investing £7.2million in improving road safety and addressing congestion issues on the A1058 Coast Road.
There have been more than 160 collisions on the road over a five year period, including a fatality. This is far in excess of the national accident rate for this type of carriageway.
This route is important for residents, businesses and visitors to the North East.
It is already very busy with more than 45,000 vehicles using the route each day (and this is forecast to rise to over 51,000 a day by 2029).
North Tyneside Council successfully applied to the North East Local Enterprise Partnership to fund these improvements which are designed to make journeys safer and quicker for drivers, public transport users, pedestrians and cyclists.