Drivers face 43-mile diversion for 135m Marlborough roadworks
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 14:30 · Archive
Wiltshire Council will close 135 metres of Marlborough High Street for five nights from 29 October for resurfacing and maintenance work. The closure affects the entire carriageway across two sections. The first section covers the A4 from its junction with the High Street northwards past Marlborough College Art School and Mount House Gallery as far as Marlborough College Library. The second section runs along Marlborough High Street from the roundabout at St Peter's Church in an easterly direction, passing the church and ending near The Marlborough public house.
The road will be closed from 7pm until midnight each night. Drivers will be required to follow a 43.3-mile official diversion that takes an estimated 1 hour and 11 minutes to travel between the two ends of the roadworks. The diversion route passes through Burbage, Collingbourne Ducis, Upavon, Devizes and the Beckhampton roundabout near Avebury.
The closure covers a distance equivalent to about 30 cars parked end to end, which can be walked in about 90 seconds. Wiltshire Council issued a formal notice of substantial road works under Section 58 of the New Roads and Street Works Act.
How it is being reported
- Drivers face 43 mile diversion to avoid 135m of roadworks on high streetDrivers will be asked to follow a 43.3-mile diversion, taking an estimated 1 hour and 11 minutes, to avoid a 135 metre (147 yard) road closure.Gazette & Herald · 13 Oct, 12:06
- Drivers face 43 mile diversion to avoid 135m of roadworks on high streetDrivers will be asked to follow a 43.3-mile diversion, taking an estimated 1 hour and 11 minutes, to avoid a 135 metre (147 yard) road closure.Swindon Advertiser · 13 Oct, 12:06
- Drivers face 43 mile diversion to avoid 135m of roadworks on high streetDrivers will be asked to follow a 43.3-mile diversion, taking an estimated 1 hour and 11 minutes, to avoid a 135 metre (147 yard) road closure.Wiltshire Times · 13 Oct, 12:06
In this story: Marlborough · Wiltshire Council · Marlborough College · Devizes · Avebury
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