£600,000 road improvements start in Wellington
Road improvements costing £600,000 were starting in Telford this morning.
Parts of Hollies Road, Orleton Lane, Cranage Crescent and Steventon Road, in Wellington, will be shut off in the coming months as the roads are reconstructed and resurfaced. Footpaths will also be repaired, along with kerb replacements where necessary.
Signs and ironwork in the streets will be replaced and the existing traffic-calming measures on Hollies Road and Orleton Lane will be upgraded.
A permanent weight restriction for through traffic on Hollies Road and Orleton Lane will be imposed to stop HGV traffic using them as a cut through.
Spring Hill will also be resurfaced between the roundabout and the Orleton Lane junction.
The work is set to be completed by mid-December.
Councillor Hilda Rhodes, Telford & Wrekin Council cabinet member for roads, said: “As with most projects on this scale, there’s likely to be some disruption whilst the work is happening.
"We will do all we can to keep this to a minimum and ask people to please bear with us and to let us know if they have an issue at any stage during the works.”
The work is being done after a campaign by residents who, in 2016, petitioned Councillor Graham Cook to take action.
