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Night closures of Gloucester’s Llanthony Road to allow essential work

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As work on Llanthony Road nears completion later this summer, it will be closed for ten nights in June to allow for essential work to take place.

The road is due to be closed in sections between Monday 19 June and Friday 30 June. The closures will be from 8pm to 6am on these dates.

The planned work pattern will be:

  • Monday 19 June to Tuesday 27 June – Llanthony Road will be closed from the Hempsted Way junction to the junction for Gloucestershire College. St Ann Way will closed from the Llanthony Road junction to the junction for Sainsbury’s.
  • Wednesday 28 June to Friday 30 June – Llanthony Road will be closed from the St Ann Way junction to the junction for Gloucestershire College.

The closures will allow surfacing work to take place, road markings to be applied, and traffic sensors to be installed. The vast majority of surfacing has already taken place as the project progresses to its final stages.

Throughout the night works, access will be given to local residents and businesses within the closed sections where possible. However, there will be a two-to-four-hour period each night where vehicles will be unable to access or exit due to the surfacing works. Emergency services will always be allowed access through the closure if required in an emergency.

The work on the Llanthony Road section of the A430 will see widening of the carriageway to two lanes in each direction at this well-known pinch point and will help to improve the traffic flow on a major route through the city.

It will also see widening of the footpaths on both sides to incorporate a fully segregated cycleway and pedestrian path on the northern verge, and cycle priority over drivers at side road junctions.

The scheme will also see St Ann Way widened to provide two right turn lanes into Llanthony Road, and new traffic lights at Sudmeadow Road to help traffic to flow better. The side road junctions will be upgraded and there will also be improvements to pedestrian crossings.

The overall delivery of this critical scheme has been underway since July 2022 and is due to be completed by mid-August.

Any future closures needed for works will be advertised as early as possible to give businesses and commuters sufficient warning.

The funding for the scheme is coming from multiple sources including an allocation of £2million from the government through the Gloucestershire GFirst LEP Growth Deal and part of Gloucestershire County Council’s Levelling Up contribution of £12.822million.

Cllr David Gray, Cabinet member responsible for the environment at Gloucestershire County Council, said: “We appreciate the inconvenience that these closures may cause to residents and businesses in the area. I would like to thank them for their patience throughout the work and advise them to plan their journeys accordingly.

“The works will help to improve traffic flow at this well-known pinch point in Gloucester and create a fully segregated cycle route into the city.”