Resurfacing work on two major Kirkby roads set to begin this month

Details on the VIA East Midlands website reveal pavement resurfacing work on Sutton road will start on March 25 and run until April 9.

Carriageway resurfacing work, from its junction with the A38 to Chapel Lane roundabout, will then take place from June 3-22.

Carriageway resurfacing work on Diamond Avenue, from its junction with Clumber Street to the A611, will then take place from June 24 to July 6.

Traffic management systems will be in operation while pavement resurfacing works take place, while road closures and diversions will be in place for carriageway resurfacing work.

As well as the main roads, resufacing work will also take place on a number of junctions off both roads.

The extra junctions that will be resurfaced include the Sutton Road junctions with Franderground Drive, Wickerwood Drive, Wentworth Road, George Street, Grey Street, Doles Lane, Linden Grove, Frederick Avenue and Searwood Avenue and the Diamond Avenue junctions with Thoresby Avenue, Lodge Lane, Sapphire Drive, Clumber Street, Balfour Street and Nest Avenue

Highways contractors will resurface two or three metres into roads at their junctions.

Coun Jason Zadrozny (Ash Ind), Ashfield Council leader, and Independent Alliance leader on Nottinghamshire Council, said “Resurfacing these two major roads has long been a priority of ours.

"I first prioritised Sutton Road in 2017 and Coun Andy Meakin (Ash Ind) prioritised Diamond Avenue in 2021 when he was first elected.

"It is great that they will be both be done.

"As councillors, we will continue to fight to fix our broken roads and pavements – we have dozens more on our list.”

Coun Neil Clarke (Con), cabinet member for transport and environment, said “The decision to undertake these works shows we are listening to feedback, including reports we’ve received from residents as well as data and inspection reports from Via East Midlands.

“We’ll continue undertaking permanent repairs, which residents can view at nottshighways.co.uk, including large-scale patch repairs, putting a particular focus on well-used roads over the coming months.”

“While we’ve had to focus on essential severe weather damage and emergency repairs in view of some difficult winter conditions, we are still committed to our overall strategy of delivering permanent repairs wherever possible.”