£600,000 road improvements coming to Wellington

Hollies Road, Orleton Lane, Cranage Crescent and Steventon Road, in Wellington, will be reconstructed and resurfaced along both the road and footpaths, with kerb replacements where necessary.

Signs and ironwork in the streets will be replaced and the existing traffic-calming measures on Hollies Road and Orleton Lane will be upgraded.

A permanent weight restriction for through traffic on Hollies Road and Orleton Lane will be imposed to stop HGV traffic using them as a cut through.

Spring Hill will also be resurfaced between the roundabout and the Orleton Lane junction.

The changes are being made following a campaign by local residents who, in 2016, petitioned Councillor Graham Cook to take action.

Work starts on September 17 and will be completed by mid-December.

Temporary road closures will need to be in place to deliver the improvement, but these will be phased in order to keep disruption to local residents and businesses to a minimum.

Councillor Hilda Rhodes, Telford & Wrekin Council cabinet member for roads, said: “Our 2018/19 Pride in Our Community programme will see £7.5m invested in more than 340 improvement schemes across the borough. The improvements in and around Hollies Road are a significant investment, which we very much hope will address the concerns people have raised.

“As with most projects on this scale, there’s likely to be some disruption whilst the work is happening. We will do all we can to keep this to a minimum and ask people to please bear with us and to let us know if they have an issue at any stage during the works.”

A public information event about the work is due to take place today between 2pm and 8pm at Hesba Close communal centre.

Anyone unable to make the public information session can view the plans on the council’s website and get in touch with the team by emailing highways@telford.gov.uk