Notice of road closure – Coleshill Heath Road – Chelmsley Wood
Work item: HS2-MW-BBV-Ph1-Ar-No-N1-Traf-20-11/01/2023
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Solihull, West Midlands
- Location
- Chelmsley Wood
- Contractor
- BBV JV
- Type of works
- Road closure, Utility works / surveys
- Estimated Start Date
- 27/11/2023
- Estimated End Date
- 20/12/2023
What we are doing
**Update**
We are pleased to inform you that our work on Coleshill Heath Road is progressing as planned and is due to be completed on 20 December. BBV have been approached by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) who intend to resurface the road. They have asked if they can make use of our road space booking for a night-time full closure on 20, 21 and 22 December between 8pm and 6am only.
The new railway will be elevated on an embankment as it passes over Coleshill Heath Road. To ensure that our work does not affect the supply, a number of utilities need to be diverted. In order to do this, we will need to temporarily close this road for 24 days. The road will be closed 24 hours a day, seven days a week from 6am on 27 November 2023 until 6pm on 20 December 2023.
This work was originally scheduled to be undertaken in the summer, however after closing the road our engineers discovered a major gas leak. This meant that our closure was taken over by Cadent Gas to carry out emergency repairs and we were unable to undertake this work during the allocated period.
We understand that this road closure will impact on journey times and that east-west routes across the M6 and M42 are limited. As such we have phased our works to co-inside with the re-opening of the Birmingham Road (B4114). Traffic will be diverted via the Chester Road, Birmingham Road, and Stonebridge Road. Access to Yorkminster Road will be maintained.
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