Five-month roadworks planned for busy junction

Five months of roadworks will begin soon to install traffic lights on a busy Lincoln junction.

The Doddington Road and Birchwood Avenue junction will be upgraded to increase road capacity and reduce congestion.

The work is being done to meet future demand from the City of Lincoln Council's Charterholme house-building project.

Temporary signals and diversion routes will be put in place from 5 October, with the work expected to be completed by the end of March 2027.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, drivers will be unable to turn from Birchwood Avenue onto Doddington Road for most of the duration, although the other direction will remain open.

Councillor Biff Bean, who represents the area, said Doddington Road was known as a "traffic blackspot" and would often see queues all the way back to the train barriers.

But Bean claimed some members of the public were not happy with the work and claimed it was not needed.

"They might have been more effective on the junction with Pershore Way, where it's really difficult to get out of," he said.

"Five months is a long time and the disruption will affect a lot of people."

However, councillor Joshua Wells said the work had been planned to keep roads open where possible and "minimise the impact on residents and road users".

He said: "This latest phase of work is another step forward in delivering the infrastructure needed alongside the development, as we continue working with our partners to help the new Charterholme community take shape."

The Charterholme development on Skellingthorpe Road will eventually include up to 3,200 homes, new shops and a school.

In September, the construction of a road, which will run through the housing development, was given the go-ahead to be built.

Mark Burnett, director of Lindum Group, the construction company working on the project, said: "The Charterholme masterplan includes improvements to several junctions across the city, aimed at addressing the development's transport impacts and supporting future travel demand.

"The highway improvements are intended to provide additional road capacity and help manage existing and increased traffic on surrounding routes as the development progresses."

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