We appreciate that there have been some difficulties for traffic exiting Rodwell Avenue due to the junction being blocked by vehicles.
This week our traffic signal engineers have carried out some changes to the phasing of the Rodwell Road/Avenue junction to improve traffic flow for vehicles exiting Rodwell Avenue.
Since the changes have been made exiting Rodwell Avenue has improved.
Following comments from drivers about the long delays on Buxton Road, please find below some information as to why this is:
Now this system is in operation the corridor should become more responsive, however, the full benefits won’t be seen until all the junction works are complete.
This is why, as part of the Weymouth Transport Package, improvements are being made to the junction by All Saints Church.
The phasing at the Wyke Road junction has allowed the controlled pedestrian crossings to be installed.
Also, because of the narrow road width, if northbound and southbound traffic were to run at the same time a single vehicle wishing to turn right would bring southbound traffic to a standstill.
The final set of signals along the Boot Hill corridor are going live this week.
The new Rodwell junction will be switched on during Thursday afternoon, depending on the outcome of the testing of the signals.
With these last set of signals live, work will start later this month to link the junctions along the corridor, which will make them more efficient.
Temporary traffic lights have been at the Rodwell Avenue junction with Rodwell Road since Boot Hill was made one-way for the improvement work to be carried out.
During Friday 28 January the signals at Harbour Crossroads will go live.
Next week, traffic engineers will be closely observing the signals and making adjustments as necessary and over the coming months the two new junctions will be monitored to ensure they are working together.
Junction improvement work has also finished on Boot Hill, and over the next few weeks these junctions will also be ‘commissioned’ by Siemens.
Chickerell Road and Wyke Road will remain one-way at their junction with Boot Hill until their signals are switched on.
At around 9.25am yesterday a six-wheel tipper lorry experienced problems while discharging the last 11 tonnes of material for surfacing.
Rodwell Road was closed by emergency services while the lorry was stabilised and had its load removed by a digger.
The road was reopened at around 2.30pm after the vehicle had been able to drive away.
A full investigation is now being carried out by Hanson’s Panel of Inquiry.
Work will continue in the Boot Hill and Harbour Junction area over the weekend, with Harbour Junction closed 6pm Sunday 9 January to 6am Monday 10 January.
The diversion route will be along Granby Way – Chickerell Link Road – Chickerell Road – Lanehouse Rocks Road – Portland Road – Buxton Road – Rodwell Road.
On Monday 10 January, Boot Hill will revert back to the one-way system which was in place last year, with Hope Square also one-way for local traffic.
The cold weather has put this work behind programme and to get it completed as soon as possible workers need greater access to the area.
There will also be three-way temporary traffic lights at Harbour Junction. These measures will be put in place before the Monday morning peak traffic and will last 14 days – to Monday 24 January.
In January work will restart on Harbour Junction and on Boot Hill.
The junctions were originally programmed to be completed by Christmas but the extreme cold weather prevented essential work such as concrete pouring and tarmac laying to take place.
The remaining work includes:
Due to the weather the site will shut down for the Christmas break from today, Monday 20 December. The site will reopen on Tuesday 4 January 2011.
The visitors centre will reopen on Thursday 6 January 2011.
Boot Hill will reopen to two-way traffic on Thursday 9 December, but work will continue on the junctions.
This means that Wyke Road will need to be closed at its junction with Boot Hill to ensure the safety of motorists and workers. There will also be times when Chickerell Road is closed.
Despite working double shifts to stay on programme the extreme weather has prevented essential work from taking place, which means that the Boot Hill junctions and Harbour Junction will go live in the New Year.
This week work started on improving the access into Asda.
A slip lane into the car park is being installed so that traffic into Asda and traffic onto Newstead Road will be separated, helping the flow of traffic.
Weymouth Transport Package for the 2012 Games 