Track removal along most of Custom House Quay is now complete and work is moving back into Commercial Road.
On Monday 25 January, for one week, Commercial Road will be closed between Lower St Alban Street and St Nicholas Street for the disused tracks to be removed in this section. Drivers will be able to navigate around the works by using Lower St Alban Street and St Nicholas Street. There will be no access from Lower St Edmund Street onto Commercial Road.
From Monday 1 to Friday 5 February the road will be closed from St Nicholas Street to St Mary Street to remove the final section of track. There will be no access under Town Bridge and St Mary Street will remain open.
On-street parking permit holders in this area will be able to use council-owned car parks during this time.
For the work to be carried out safely, road closures are 24-hours-a-day with a signed diversion route in place to direct traffic around the closed section.
A temporary surface will be left in place following the track removal, with resurfacing work scheduled to follow drainage and kerbing work.
Cllr Ray Bryan, Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment, said: “We’re on the final phases of track removal, which has gone exceptionally well to date.
“We know many people are working from home and staying home as much as possible at the moment, so please bear with us during these final weeks; there will be some unavoidable noise in the works area.”
In February, the Dorset Highways team will remain in the Weymouth harbour area to remove a section of track on the peninsula near the old Condor building and sections of track in the overgrown area near B&Q in preparation for a potential future project.
There will also be final drainage, kerbing and surfacing works along the harbourside between Lower St Alban Street and St Mary Street.
Further finishing works will be carried out in the areas where sections of the old rails are being left in place, this includes improving the cul-de-sac area of Commercial Road, near King Street, by installing drainage and kerbing, resurfacing the area and marking out formal parking bays and paving repairs in ‘The Loop’ near Cosens Quay Car Park.
Drainage, kerbing and surfacing works on Custom House Quay between St Mary Street and The Pavilion will be carried out between March and May, following the results of the current public realm enhancements survey, which closes on 24 February.
Thank you to our Council for ‘ Getting on with such projects even at this difficult time caused by Covid-19.
Well done to all concerned.