Resurfacing Of St. Saviour's Hill And Springfield Gyratory

26 September 2006

Essential road maintenance work on St. Saviour’s Hill and the Springfield Gyratory System will be carried out starting Monday 9^th October over a period of 8 weeks, managed by the Transport and Technical Services Department.

St. Saviour’s Hill and Springfield Gyratory are important town traffic routes and carry more than 12,000 vehicles a day. The surfacing on these roads has lasted well but is now in very poor condition and needs replacing. A structural survey of the ring road has shown that the Springfield Gyratory also needs strengthening work to reduce future maintenance costs.

The first phase of the resurfacing work will commence at St Saviour’s Hill (between Springfield Road and the corner below St Saviour’s Parish Hall). To avoid the major traffic disruption that would otherwise occur, work will be carried out during weekday evenings (Monday to Fridays 6.30pm –2.00am) under a full road closure, over a period of 3 weeks, with all noisy working strictly limited to before 10.00pm. During working hours traffic will be diverted via Wellington Road.

The resurfacing of Springfield Gyratory will start on Tuesday 17 October, for a period of 7 weeks. The roads that make up the gyratory are Springfield Road, St. Saviour’s Road, St. Mark’s Road and Janvrin Road. The work will take place during weekdays (Monday to Friday 08.00am – 9.00pm) with occasional Sunday working. Traffic will be directed around the works via short diversions along neighbouring roads.

This project forms part of a programme of significant investment by the Transport and Technical Services Department in the Island’s road infrastructure and the project will involve essential road strengthening work as well as resurfacing.

The Transport and Technical Services Department will be liaising with the contractor to ensure that nuisance and disruption is minimised and managed. Where inconvenience is inevitable, residents, the travelling public and businesses will be provided with clear information in advance of the work. Advertisements and signs identifying the extent of the works and diversions will be posted in the weeks leading up to the works.