A Gedney road is to get a major improvement including a complete bridge rebuild.
Work is due to start on the Kingsgate Bridge on Monday, June 30, and will take up to eight weeks.
Resurfacing work on more than half a mile of Kingsgate will start on Tuesday, August 26 for up to four weeks.
Karen Cassar, assistant director for highways at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “This massive infrastructure scheme in Gedney will see Kingsgate Bridge, as well as over a half mile of Kingsgate’s carriageway, fully rebuilt.
“The bridge has slowly started to deteriorate over the past decade, particularly at its abutments which have started to settle. In order to keep cost and future disruption down, our highways team will be completely rebuilding it now – and will be including additional safety features including extending the verge and installing barriers.
“The surfacing on half a mile of Kingsgate is also starting to fail, so a decision has been taken to carry both sets of improvements out at once to reduce the amount of disruption for residents – one big scheme, rather than two smaller ones at separate times.
“This won’t be a simple task, as the structures team will need to demolish the bridge over the drain and completely rebuild it from the ground up..
“Immediately after, our roads team will start excavating Kingsgate from its foundations 170mm deep before laying 2,900 tonnes of new road surfacing.”
The bridge works will be from the junction with Chapelgate to the Hall Gate/Roper’s Gate junction, while the resurfacing is from the A17 roundabout to the Hall Gate/Roper’s Gate junction.
There will be a full 24/7 road closure in place while the work is carried out.
Ms Cassar added: “Like any major roadworks, this project will no doubt cause some disruption for people who regularly use Kingsgate, including residents. However, we’re going to do everything we can to keep this to a minimum, including maintaining safe access to all properties throughout the resurfacing works and working in the daytime to keep noise low overnight.”
