Welcome to your fifth newsletter providing you with information regarding the Hard Ings Road Improvement scheme in Keighley. Every fortnight these newsletters will provide you with an update on how the works are progressing and also anything we think you might find interesting to do with the scheme.
The piling plant has left the site having installed the sheet piles required to hold up the widened section of carriageway in the Fibreline and allotment area. This has opened up lots of available work to us, completing the retaining walls, building the new ramps and steps into Fibreline.
The drainage pipe installation has continued at the Bradford Road Roundabout end of the scheme. We just needed to get this section of deep drainage installed before National Gas Networks start on site next week, carrying out the gas diversion that is required for us to dig up the old footpaths to make way for the widened carriageway.
At Beechcliffe Roundabout the drainage installation is continuing. This will take the place of the existing drainage system which needs to be removed for the additional carriageway lane to be installed around the roundabout.
In other areas another contractor has completed the temporary Yorkshire Water Diversion at the Keighley Cricket Club. This will enable us to take down the old Cricket Club wall and construct a retaining wall.
We have commenced the installation of duct crossings across business entrances for upcoming service diversions.
Next week a contractor working for Northern Gas Networks will start the gas diversion which is required along the whole length of Hard Ings Road. This diversion is expected to take approximately 12 weeks. We'll be starting to install some larger diameter drainage pipes across the Hard Ings Motor Company forecourt. The larger pipes will help store water during periods of heavy rain and release it slowly into the drainage system which helps to reduce the possibility of flooding along other areas of the drainage system. The Beechcliffe Roundabout drainage will continue. We will be commencing concrete works to the retaining walls in the Fibreline and Alllotment area. The Cricket Club wall will be dismantled.
Temporary traffic signals will be in operation on Hard Ings Road on Sunday 7th July. Over the next few following Sundays we will be installing several ducts right across Hard Ings Road which are required for future traffic signal and street lighting work as well as diversions of existing Openreach (BT) cables and power cables. Traffic signals will be in operation each Sunday to enable us to carry out the duct crossings in 2 halves to enable us to keep the road open during these works.
You can find a link to a road plan map here. Howard Civil Engineering took part in the Saltaire Dragon Boat Race last Sunday. It was great fun and we came 12th out of 36. We along, with 11 other teams, were raising money for the Bradford Hospitals Charity and our current total is £2,820 – the highest total of any charity racing for Bradford Hospitals’ Charity.
The following diversions have been put in place by the bus companies previously using the now closed Lawkholme Lane junction.
Route P23 for Steeton Village Primary School will have an amended route. There will be no pick up on Lawkholme Lane. AM: the bus will start at the bus stop on Skipton Road at East Avenue (08:22) then along Skipton Road to Devonshire Street and the usual route thereafter. Therefore the bus will not operate along Lawkholme Lane. PM: as per the usual route from the school as far as the roundabout at Skipton Road/Hard Ings then continue along Skipton Road (16:10 at East Avenue) toward Devonshire Street and the usual route thereafter. Those passengers who usually board or alight at the stops at the top of Lawkholme Lane near Hard Ings are advised to use the bus stop on Skipton Road at East Avenue. This amendment will continue for the duration of the works at Hard Ings or until such time the turn restriction is lifted. Details of all school bus diversions are also available at https://www.wymetro.com/schools/school-bus-service-changes-and-disruptions/
The K17 service will have an amended route. It will not use Lawkholme Lane, beyond Bradford Street. It will also not use Royd Way and Royd Ings Avenue for the period of the Lawkholme Lane Closure. A new stop will be in place near ASDA for the diverted route. K17 Divert via Bradford Street, Brown Street, Bingley Street (Outbound temporary bus stop near ASDA), Bradford Road A6035 and Alston Road. Details of all diversions are also available at https://www.wymetro.com/plan-a-journey/travel-news/bus-alerts/
There are several ways you can contact the site team for inquiries, concerns or comments. The following staff members are based on site full time Bradford Council Project Manager - David Aspinall Email hardingsroad@bradford.gov.uk Howard Civil Engineering Project Manager - Tony Kilbane 07394 567341 Visiting the site is Howard Civil Engineering Liaison Officer/Newsletter editor - Lucie Jones 0113 249 8569
Or contact me, Lucie Jones on Hard.Ings@howardcivileng.co.uk
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