Aug 24 2007
A Milton Keynes Partnership study of the A5 trunk corridor identified that essential works are required to ensure that the highway infrastructure will be able to safely accommodate the expected increase in traffic associated with growth of the city volumes until 2016.
Widening work will be carried out on the A5 slip roads and on the approaches to the roundabout. The embankments will also be widened to accommodate the widths of the carriage-ways.
Traffic signals will be introduced at the northern Great Monk Street and the eastern Monks Way approaches to the roundabout. Also, the current part time traffic signals at the entrance of the roundabout from the A5 will now operate full time.
Disruption to the public will be kept to a minimum with lane restrictions and closures only taking place outside of peak weekday travel periods. Road users however, should allow more time for their journey if they need to travel when these restrictions and closures are operating.
During the work, some areas of existing planting will be removed but once the work is complete there will be new planting, in order to maintain the quality of the landscape.
Jane Hamilton, Chief Operating Officer at Milton Keynes Partnership said, “The works at Abbey Hill junction continues the programme to make improvements to the Milton Keynes highway network. We have already increased capacity of the Redmoor and Portway Junctions. These works are necessary to ensure that the highway infrastructure can safely and efficiently handle an increase in traffic as the city continues to grow.”