Work to build a brand new roundabout, link road and access road for the Island’s much-anticipated ASDA store in Newport is to begin next month.
Island Roads will be delivering the highway improvements in the St George’s Way area of Newport, which ultimately will facilitate the development of the adjoining land.
The works will provide a roundabout on St George’s Way, adjacent to the football club, with a link road crossing Pan Lane, to the Pan Meadows development beyond.
Preliminary work was completed earlier in the year to ensure the removal of hedgerows in advance of the bird nesting season. It also allowed for relocation of protected dormice and slow worms thought to be present on the site, following ecological studies.
The construction works will take place in stages, with phase 1 planned to start in August, within the next 2-3 weeks. This phase will involve major earthworks moving from St George’s Way towards Pan Lane before the construction of the new highway link crossing Pan Lane. The majority of work will be undertaken off the highway and, therefore, no significant disruption is anticipated on St George’s Way during the summer season.
Phase 2 to be started later in the year will involve the construction of a roundabout on St George’s Way, together with improvements towards the St Georges Way/Medina Avenue roundabout, at the Morrisons/Marks and Spencer exit, connection of Pan Lane to the new road and signalisation of the Shide junction. Pan Lane will also be closed for around 4 months to facilitate the work and details of necessary temporary traffic routing will be published when the Isle of Wight Council are able to confirm the start date on these elements.
Due to the size and nature of this scheme, the works programme is subject to change but programme updates will be issued as each phase progresses.
The highway improvement works are anticipated to be completed early in 2017, when work on the actual ASDA store will then begin.
Councillor Phil Jordan, Executive Member for Public Health, Public Protection and PFI, said:
“It is wonderful to see works beginning at this site. The benefits of the changes of the road network will not only improve traffic flow into and around Newport, but will enable better links with the Pan Meadows development, and access to the development site adjacent to the football club, which will enable future development and local employment opportunities.”
