‘Vital’ structural repairs are set to take place along the A180 later this month.
The project is being supported by £8-million of funding from the Department of Transport due to the importance of the road for the borough’s economic and visitor growth in the future.
The scheme will see works take place on the Gilbey Road flyover, Alexandra Dock bridge, and the Cleethorpe Road flyover where inspections have shown ‘deterioration’ of the bridges’ carriageways and the underlying structures over recent years.
Around the clock works will include deck repairs, bearing replacements, re-waterproofing, installation of concrete and steel safety barriers and carriageway resurfacing.
The first bridge to be worked on will be the Gilbey Road flyover. Work to the other two bridges will follow, with much of it resulting in overnight closures. Only one bridge will be worked on at a time.
Cllr Stewart Swinburn, Cabinet member for Highways, said: “These are critical elements of our highway system in North East Lincolnshire. If these fail, there would be significant impacts, both economically in terms of the amount of trade that use the route, but also for local people going about their everyday lives.
“If we don’t do the repairs soon, the structures will only get worse, meaning larger scale repairs, and potentially complete closure of the route in the future.
“Given the scale of the programme, it’s inevitable that there will be disruption to the highway network. VSL will be working 24 hours a day on the project to get this done as quickly as possible.”
