Update on A46 roadworks

Last week we reported that the Highways Agency were planning weekend road closures on the A46 in South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset. A resident reported that the closures didn't happen this weekend and Claire Young made enquiries with the Highways Agency. They have responded:

A46 Cold Ashton

Thank you for your communication to the Highways Agency Information Line in respect of closures of the A46 and reported in the local press.

There are a number of maintenance and improvement schemes that are programmed for the A46 in the Cold Ashton area.

Night time drainage works are scheduled for the road just north of Cold Ashton, due to start on the 4^th February for 6-7 weeks and will not involve any road closures.

There are however two night time (2000 hrs -0600 hrs) closures for short lengths of resurfacing that are programmed for the 21^st March on the A46 near to Nimlet.

A further drainage scheme south of Cold Ashton towards Bath is scheduled for early in 2014 and the ‘expansion’ scheme referred to by the Bath Chronicle, an improvement to the Cold Ashton roundabout, will also not now proceed until 2014. The design and programming of both of these schemes is not yet in place but they do involve some weekend road closures the dates of which are to be established.