Work to improve the safety at Smallbrook roundabout near Ryde is nearing completion.
The final phase of the project involves the resurfacing of the carriageway on the approaches to the new, repositioned roundabout. This resurfacing and the associated line markings will be undertaken at night as a full road closure is required.
Currently, the plan is to carry out this work on the nights of 11th-14th April with the new improved junction being open for the Easter holiday period.
To help ensure that target is met, work will, during the resurfacing phase, be undertaken around the clock. Any changes to this programme will be publicised in advance.
The current daytime traffic arrangements will remain in place until the scheme is finished.
The diversion route during the night-time closures is:
For Westbound Traffic – Marlborough Road/Great Preston Road, Alexandra Road, St Johns Hill, St Johns Road, Green Street, West Street, Upton Road.
For Eastbound Traffic – Upton Road, West Street, Lind Street, Union Street, Esplanade Ryde, East Hill Road, Appley Road, Marlborough Road.
The Smallbrook project, being delivered by Island Roads for the Isle of Wight Council, is introducing several safety features at the junction which has been identified by accident data as a priority area for action. Among the new features are the realignment of the junction’s approaches and introduction of new traffic Islands which will require traffic to slow down and negotiate the new roundabout rather than ‘straight-running’ across it.
Visibility on the roundabout approaches will also be improved, especially for traffic approaching from Smallbrook Lane and Carters Road. There will also be additional streetlighting, a speed limit reduction from 40mph to 30mph (despite there being no houses, pavements or street lighting beyond the roundabout) and anti-skid ‘slow down strips’ will be laid at the approaches to the new, realigned and relocated roundabout.
I wonder if all this time and money spent will make the slightest bit of difference to the junction?
Past experience would say it wont. There’s still queues of traffic on St George’s Way behind Matalan even though they messed around with the layout to ease congestion. Coppins Bridge seems no different either after the work they did there recently.
But, maybe the work at Smallbrook roundabout is simply preparation work for a much larger scheme nearby?
When did the IWCC ever care about our safety, or anything else regarding our well being? Come on IWCC start telling the truth, we all know your self serving liars.
The roundabout was sold to the ever gullible public as being altered ‘for their safety’ yet as we see on here today, the real reason was to increase the capacity and accessibility for masses of extra traffic and years of heavy plant machinery in building to house more mainland overspill. A beautiful area destroyed not for a while but forever. Disgusting people.
You are so right, Catherine (see the latest headlines).
No s**t Sherlock.
So what time will the road re open in the morning?
Top secret. But I have heard rumours about 1300 o’clock.
About fifty-to-six.. or was it seventy-past-four..?
AHA!!
is that smallbrook or soon to be pennyfeathers junction, as that is clearly why this work was done
Can’t see point of all that money, simple set of traffic lights would of done the job better,such a big roundabout worthy of being on A3 yet all roads leading to are just county lanes – bonkers, money would be better spent improving Ashy Road or Great Preston Rd or on road safety.
Jeeze Fred, wake up. It was only done to ensure that when the thousands of extra homes and businesses with all the extra traffic, vans lorries and heavy plant for the building for YEARS takes place, the road will cope.
NOTHING to do with caring for safety, that was just a ruse so the council could then spend hundreds of thousands doing such to keep their developer friends sweet, and not making them fund the alterations.
Also gave them time to re-arrange the gas and water main to feed the ruination of the once beautiful smallbrook valley.
THINK