Major roadworks start in Hinckley tomorrow

Improvements start tomorrow on the Hawley Road and Brookside junctions with Rugby Road.

These key junctions can be very congested and so Leicestershire County Council is making upgrades to the traffic signal controls and adding new lanes.

The scheme will cost £5m and is being funded with £3.5m from the Government’s National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF). The remaining £1.5m will be provided by Leicestershire County Council and third-party contributions.

Rugby Road - Hawley Road

The plans are to upgrade the traffic signals and create separate left turn, ahead and right turn lanes on the Hawley Road approach to Rugby Road. A single tree will be removed from the footway on Westfield Road to widen the road and create a right turn lane. It is also proposed to introduce a left turn ban from Westfield Road.

Rugby Road - Brookside

The southbound left turn on Rugby Road will become an ahead and left turn lane and a two-lane merge into one lane will be created at the exit of the junction on Rugby Road. A toucan crossing will be added across Brookside at the junction with Rugby Road to provide signal-controlled crossing times for cyclists and pedestrians. There are also plans to improve the right turn lane road markings for traffic turning into Brookside and Dudley Rise from Rugby Road.

Lane closures and speed restrictions will be in place while the work is taking place.