29th Sep 2026
Important Update: Phase One AND TWO – Surfacing Works
To help residents, contractors and anyone travelling through Phases One and Two, we’re sharing the latest schedule for carriageway surfacing works taking place during summer and autumn 2026.
These works will affect vehicle access around parts of the development, so please take note of the planned closures and make any arrangements you need in advance. This will also help the works run smoothly and avoid delays caused by vehicles needing to be moved once contractors arrive on site.
How the surfacing works will happen
The works will take place in two main stages:
1. Planing
Planing is the process of removing the existing temporary road surface, known as the “sacrificial surface”. This involves taking away up to 45mm of the current surface to prepare the road for its final finish.
2. Surfacing
Once planing is complete, the final road surface will be laid. On some works, this will include the installation of block paving, which will extend the works period and potential closures.
The schedule has been designed so that the planing machinery can move through each road in sequence, before the surfacing team follows on afterwards. This helps make the best use of time and resources, while reducing the total number of days that roads need to be closed.
To support this process, we have prepared schedules and maps showing where closures will take place, along with the expected vehicle diversion routes during each closure.
Please make sure all vehicles are removed from any road due to close by the night before works begin.
Waterslade Way West and the BUS GATE ROAD
Saturday 19th and 26th September 10am–4pm, each closure day
Following planing of Waterslade Way, between the bus gate road and the first pedestrian crossing, this section of the road will be fully closed to complete the installation of block paving. Residents on Oak Mead, Arrowhead Lane and Elder Drive will be required to move their vehicles on the evening preceding each closure, as required.
