Busy Bristol road to close for 5 months for flood prevention and resurfacing works
Whiteladies Road in Bristol will be closed for up to five months due to essential flood prevention and resurfacing works set to improve walking and cycling routes,.
Starting on July 14, construction works will be taking place at Whiteladies Road between Tyndalls Park Road/St Pauls Road and Queens Road to prevent flooding and improve walking and cycling routes.
The area is prone to localised flooding and growing tree roots on the eastern side have made the pavements narrow and uneven.
.jpeg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&width=640&quality=65)
The works will include:
- adding a separated cycleway, with a black tarmac surface, on both sides of the road at the same height as the pavements
- adding ‘beany block kerbs’ that combine the roadside kerbs with a built-in drainage system
- resurfacing the road
- raising the driveways of six private properties using like-for-like materials
- repaving the pavements and increasing their height, to reduce the impact of the tree roots
- adding rubber crumb around the trees
Whiteladies Road will close one-way travelling northbound from Victoria Methodist Church to its junction with Tyndalls Road and St Pauls Road and remain closed throughout the project to enable the works to take place. There will also be overnight road closures for resurfacing works at the end of the project.
Access to properties on Whiteladies Road will be maintained and the council's contractor, ETM, will be contacting the owners of the six properties to book in the driveway resurfacing works.
.jpeg?trim=157,0,643,0&crop=&width=640&quality=65)
There will be diversion routes via Queen Road, St Pauls Road and left onto Whiteladies Road.
Properties on the western side of Whiteladies Road will be accessible via Queens Road, Pembroke Road, Oakfield Road and right onto Whiteladies Road.
Works are expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
Councillor Ed Plowden, Chair of the Transport and Connectivity Committee, said: “I am really pleased we’ve been able to rethink the plans in response to public feedback, and I am grateful to the owners of the six properties on Whiteladies Road for allowing us access to their driveways.
“Ultimately, these works will stop water pooling and make it easier to walk, wheel and cycle without losing any of the mature trees that line the street.
“It’s also great news that we’ve not only been able to keep the cycling routes, but we’ll be improving them.
“The aim of these separated cycleways is to link them up to the new routes, that are planned as part of our number 2 bus route proposals, which include cycleways on Queens Road and beyond.”