National Highways has completed improvement works to the A52 Gamston Roundabout near Nottingham with the junction fully open to traffic.
The project has included widening all three approaches to the roundabout to create extra lanes. New traffic lights and a traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing have been installed to improve safety, and a dedicated bus lane added to the roundabout
The works have also extended to Nottinghamshire County Council’s maintenance depot at the roundabout, with a new traffic light-controlled system at the exit to allow safer movement of their vehicles, plus a new maintenance lay-by to improve safety for their maintenance workers.
Senior project manager Nick Medlicott said: ‘These improvements will bring real benefits to road users in terms of cutting congestion, particularly at peak times, and improving safety.’
The project, which started in January 2022 with the replacement of gas mains by Cadent Gas, has been one element of the wider A52 Nottingham Junctions Improvement.
In 2017 the Cropwell Road and Nottingham Road improvement schemes were completed at Radcliffe-on-Trent and last year upgrades were completed in the same area to the Stragglethorpe Road and Bingham Road junctions, as well as the A52/A453 Silverdale Roundabout.
In January this year it was announced the contractors for the Gamston works, Griffiths Farrans Joint Venture (GFJV) will also design and construct the remaining two junctions that form part of the scheme at Nottingham Knight and Wheatcroft, with work expected to start in September 2024.
According to National Highways’ Delivery Plan update 2022-2023, the open for traffic date for the overall scheme is Quarter 2 of 2023-24.
