Redlands Lane resurfaced as part of Operation Resilience

Friday, 28 September 2012

Redlands Lane in Fareham is being resurfaced as part of Hampshire County Council's planned maintenance programme Operation Resilience, with work scheduled to last for eight days from Sunday 30 September.

Now in its second year, Hampshire County Council's 'Operation Resilience' programme is continuing to target 350 separate sites on roads and pavements throughout the county. The programme, which has a budget of £17 million for 2012/13, is a long-term investment that represents a shift away from reactive to planned maintenance, an approach which is not only more cost effective but also ensures that roads remain in good condition for longer.

Local residents benefit from Redlands improvements

The improvements to the Redlands Lane area are part of this countywide programme and will provide real benefits to local residents, pedestrians and road users. Councillor Mel Kendal Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Transport and Environment, said:

"Hampshire's road network is vital for our local economy and has to cope with more extreme weather conditions and ever increasing traffic. The work in Redlands Lane is part of our commitment to improve Hampshire's roads so they are more resilient to extreme weather and increasing traffic and represent good value for money for all road users.

We appreciate works of this nature will cause some delay to road users but would ask for your patience and understanding. We are programming the works in order to minimise disruption to all affected parties by utilising quieter weekend periods."

Residents in the area have been informed of the work and updates will be available on yellow sign boards. Further sources of information are: hants.gov.uk/transport, twitter.com/hantsconnect or 0845 603 5633.

Work schedule

Sunday 30 September

• Redlands Lane will be closed to traffic from the junction with Mill Road to the junction with A27 The Avenue for carriageway resurfacing between the A27 junction and the Wallisdean Avenue junction
• Separate repairs will also commence at the junction with Chamberlain Grove to install a new drainage chamber and adjoining pipe work

Monday 1 October to Saturday 6 October

• Redlands Lane reopened to traffic
• Drainage works to continue at the Chamberlain Grove junction which may require temporary traffic lights. Access into Chamberlain Grove will be restricted due to drainage pipes being laid. Access will be maintained at all times, but some delays are expected

Sunday 7 October 2012

• Redlands Lane will be closed to traffic from the junction with Mill Road to the junction with A27 for carriageway resurfacing between Wallisdean junction and the Chamberlain Grove junction

This work schedule is subject to the weather and poor weather may cause delays to the completion date.

Bus routes

Bus routes will be affected on Sunday 30 September and Sunday 7 October - the diversion for E1 and E2 buses (services 83, 87 and X88 do not operate on Sundays) will be as follows:

• Towards Fareham: BRT > Palmerston Drive > A32 > Western Way > West St > Fareham Bus Station
• Towards Gosport: Fareham Bus Station > A32 > Palmerston Drive > BRT
• First will continue to serve Fareham Rail Station towards Fareham and they recommend that customers wanting to travel from the rail station should catch a bus to the bus station and then change
• Cyclists can continue to travel along the bus way

• Operation Resilience - Investing in Hampshire's Roads

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