Queen's Road Reopens Two Weeks Early

08 September 2006

Transport and Technical Services (TTS) and their contractor, Brenwal, have worked hard to do all they can to complete the Queen’s Road / La Grande Route de St Jean road resurfacing project in as quick a time as possible and they are pleased to be able to open to traffic 2 weeks early, just in time for the busy start of the school term on 11^th September.

Time has been saved laying the new road surface through the development of innovative new methods of working by the contractor Brenwal and TTS’s Highway Engineers, allowing up to 150 tons of asphalt to be laid per day. Detailed early planning by TTS’s Engineers in close liaison with Brenwal has allowed major works to be completed with the minimum of disruption to traffic.

Guy de Faye, Minister of Transport and Technical Services, said "This project marks the beginning of a period of considerable investment in the Island’s roads and a new way of working by the Department’s Highway Engineer’s. I would like to thank my Officers and Brenwal’s staff for all their efforts to finish the resurfacing work ahead of time. I would also like to add my personal thanks to motorists, local businesses and residents for their kind understanding and patience during the works, as well as, the media for their coverage, which was instrumental in keeping the 11,000 drivers, who normally use the road each day, informed".

Phase 4 of Queen’s Road, the remaining section of road at the bottom of the hill, will be resurfaced under a full road closure during evening time working in early 2007.