A4146 to undergo resurfacing from Monday August 13

Work on resurfacing the Stoke Hammond and Western Linslade Bypasses (A4146) will start on Monday August 13, Buckinghamshire County Council announced today (Monday 23 July).
Mark Shaw meets Eurovia Surfacing supervisor Martin Graves (L) and TfB's Kevin Allen (R) with one of the surfacing crews who will work on Stoke Hammond bypassMark Shaw meets Eurovia Surfacing supervisor Martin Graves (L) and TfB's Kevin Allen (R) with one of the surfacing crews who will work on Stoke Hammond bypass
Mark Shaw meets Eurovia Surfacing supervisor Martin Graves (L) and TfB's Kevin Allen (R) with one of the surfacing crews who will work on Stoke Hammond bypass

Work on resurfacing the Stoke Hammond and Western Linslade Bypasses (A4146) will start on Monday August 13, Buckinghamshire County Council announced today (Monday 23 July).

The £4.5 million investment in renewing the five-mile dual carriageway surface will take around eight weeks.

The work involves removing the entire surface course, which has a number of surface defects, and, in areas where investigations have found structural weakness, replacing some of the lower layers.

Mark Shaw, Buckinghamshire County Council Deputy Leader and Transport Cabinet Member, said: "Spending £4.5m on resurfacing the Stoke Hammond and Western Linslade Bypasses is another example of our commitment to invest in Buckinghamshire’s roads. This year we’re investing almost £25m in improving our roads."

Up to three resurfacing teams will work at various points along the route. Each carriageway will close completely for around four weeks - starting with the Milton Keynes-bound lanes - to enable resurfacing of the road and roundabouts to be done more quickly. The Wing-bound carriageway will remain open until it's resurfaced in September.

During closures, work teams will take the opportunity to do normal maintenance work.

Mark said the decision to opt for alternate full carriageway closures gave contractors a clear run along the five-mile length, to get the job done more quickly, to better control costs, and to maintain road safety for motorists.

Signs go out from today (Monday 23 July) to alert motorists to the work and diversions.

Traffic from the Aylesbury direction on the A418 will divert from the A4146 roundabout at the Wing end, via the Leighton Buzzard bypass, A505, and A5 to meet the A4146 again at Kelly's Kitchen roundabout just outside Bletchley.

Traffic from the Milton Keynes and Bletchley directions will divert on to the A5 at Kelly's Kitchen roundabout, via the A505 and Leighton Buzzard bypass to join the A418 at the roundabout near Wing.

"I appreciate that road works aren’t possible without some degree of inconvenience, and I apologise in advance for this," said Mark. "While we anticipate these diversions will deal with most traffic, I've no doubt drivers with local knowledge will find their own way. However, we've got open ears, and we'll always listen to affected parishes to see how we can help tackle any local issues.

"I believe this comparatively short burst of pain will be worth it for the many years of ‘gain’, and we'll have a very good bypass road surface once again."

During the eight-week project the 60-strong work teams will lay about 25,000 tonnes of surfacing material over 140,000 square metres of road - the equivalent area of 13 football pitches.

The work will be done by Eurovia Surfacing, and Transport for Buckinghamshire will oversee the project.

Updated information, along with detail of the works schedule, will be published on the road improvements page of the County Council website: https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/transport-and-roads/improvement-schemes-and-projects/

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