Update on the re-opening of A425 Leamington Road, Southam
Work item: HS2-EW-BBV-Ph1-Ar-No-N1-Traf-26-24/05/2021
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Warwickshire, West Midlands
- Location
- Southam
- Contractor
- BBV JV
- Type of works
- Road closure
- Estimated Start Date
- 02/08/2021
- Estimated End Date
- 02/08/2021
What we are doing
As part of our works to safely excavate a 15-metre deep trench and construct the ‘cut-and-cover’ section of the Long Itchington Wood Tunnel, we closed a section of the A425 Leamington Road near Southam in October 2020.
The work has been delivered by HS2’s main works contractor for the area, Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV). A significant amount of progress has been made at the site, enabling the road to be re-opened this Summer as originally planned.
BBV will continue to work in the area and during 2022 will create a temporary diversion road around the site of the Long Itchington Wood tunnel south portal. The diversion road will allow BBV to complete the construction of the remainder of the ‘cut-and-cover’ section of the tunnel that will sit under the A425.
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