A36 Closed Limpley Stoke August to Spring 2025

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[Timmer]

For the third time in 10 years! And this time not just for a couple of months:

https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/south-west/a36-limpley-stoke-carriageway-repairs-and-stabilisation/

The A36 Warminster Road will be fully closed between Limpley Stoke and Monkton Coombe from Monday 12 August 2024 til spring 2025.

Please plan ahead, follow the signed diversions, and leave plenty of time for your journeys.

Access to properties within the closure will be maintained, and our traffic marshals will be there to help out and make sure things run smoothly.

We’ll be working to stabilise the embankment by the southbound carriageway. By taking care of this now, we're preventing further issues and keep the main carriageway safe.

We understand that road closures are frustrating. By fully closing the road, we can get this scheme done safely and quickly, causing less disruption overall.

Work is required to stabilise the embankment following cracking in the footpath alongside the southbound carriageway. This will prevent further movement, and reduce the risk of damage to the main carriageway.

The repair work will see installation of a concrete piled wall and capping beam to stabilise the embankment, as well as new drainage and pavement.  The works will require clearing vegetation and excavation of the cracked pavement sections. 

During the closure, the team will also install netting on the rock cutting above the northbound carriageway as well as undertaking repairs to the viaduct and retaining walls in the area.

The A36 Warminster Road will be fully closed between Limpley Stoke and Monkton Coombe from Monday 12 August 2024 to spring 2025.

A diversion will be in place for northbound traffic via A361, A350 and A4. For taller vehicles, please use the A361, A350, M4, M32, A4174, A4 and A36. Southbound traffic should follow the same routes in reverse.

Once complete, these improvements will benefit road users and the local community for many years to come.

Uh huh? I’m sure I’ve heard that before!

[Chris from Nailsea]

... this time not just for a couple of months ...

Wow! That's a full closure of the whole road for up to nearly a year.  I note their rather vague proposed completion date as 'Spring 2025'.

Spring 2025 starts on Thursday, 20 March 2025 (in 252 days) and ends on Saturday, 21 June 2025 (in 345 days).

We shall see. 

[Timmer]

Wow! That's a full closure of the whole road for up to nearly a year.  I note their rather vague proposed completion date as 'Spring 2025'.

Spring 2025 starts on Thursday, 20 March 2025 (in 252 days) and ends on Saturday, 21 June 2025 (in 345 days).

We shall see. 

Oh yes, totally vague Chris. Roadworks.org has it down 1st of August to 1st of March. As you say, we shall see.

[Timmer]

Blockade at Limpley Stoke to be temporarily lifted to allow work to take place works on a railway bridge and on the A350. Was factored into the original timetable so won’t delay the work taking place at Limpley Stoke.

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24590623.a36-closure-lifted-allow-repair-works

National Highways is to lift the A36 closure for three weeks to allow repairs to take place to Limpley Stoke railway bridge and the A350 road network.

The government's highways agency says closure will be "temporarily lifted" from Friday, October 18 to Friday, November 8.

A spokesperson said: "During this period the road will be reopened under traffic lights with one lane open past the works on the embankment stabilisation.

"National Highways has been liaising regularly with Wilshire Council and the lifting of the closure was agreed as part of the original programme for the A36 work, to allow maintenance work to be undertaken on the A350 near Westbury."

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