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A55 eastbound work at Llanddulas starts this week


September 07, 2019 - 3620 views

Almost a year after work ended westbound on the Kneeshaw Lupton underbridge near Llanddulas, engineers will be back in the area making prepartions for the second year of repairs this time in the opposite direction.

From Tuesday work will begin again on the A55 and motorists will be bracing themselves for lengthy delays over a 5 week period.

The works will carried out within the closed eastbound carriageway behind a 2 metre high barrier which is to provide safety for road users. Working hours will be 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

From the 10th September all traffic including Emergency Service vehicles will use lane 1 and lane 2 of the westbound carriageway in a bi-directional contra-flow traffic management arrangement between cross-overs located at Rainbow Bridge, Colwyn Bay and near to Junction 23 at Llanddulas.

The lane width will be restricted to 3.2m and the speed will be restricted to 40 mph for both eastbound and westbound traffic. The eastbound carriageway will be fully closed over the length of the contra-flow.

The westbound carriageway will also be closed over-night between Junction 23 Llanddulas and Junction 22 Old Colwyn on 8th and 9th September and on 8th and 9th October to open up the cross-overs and to reline the carriageway.

Traffic will be diverted on to the A547 Abergele Rd during the closure of the A55 westbound carriageway over-night between Junction 23 Llanddulas and Junction 22 Old Colwyn on 8th and 9th September and on 8th and 9th October.

‘Please drive carefully’ and advisory ‘40mph signs’ will be erected along the diversion route as mitigation.

Signs will be erected in advance of A55 Junction 22 heading east bound and in advance of A55 Junction 23 heading west bound advising drivers to remain on the A55 when the bi-directional contra-flow traffic arrangement is in place.