Enough of this pontificating.
Down to important matters.
Anyone working at the airport has probably seen this already and made their own arrangements.
For everyone else, good luck. October will not be a good time to be running late.
Dear All,
Please could I give you advanced notice of the following series of roadworks planned for the coming months.
Outwood Lane Resurfacing
Manchester City Council is to resurface Outwood Lane between the M56/Hilton junction and the roundabout at the T1/T3 end. The programme has to be confirmed, but we anticipate work starting late September/beginning October. From our initial discussions with MCC and contractor Tarmac, we expect the work will need be undertaken overnight with diversions for T1 and T3 traffic. We'll update this once we have a more detailed programme and method statement, from MCC and Tarmac.
A538 Road Tunnel Maintenance
Starting Monday 27th September for two weeks, maintenance of the R1 and R2 tunnels on the A538. No road closures, but there will be lane closures and switching traffic to contraflow system in the open tunnel.
M56 Motorway Spur - Exit Carriageway Resurfacing
The Highways Agency plan to resurface the Airport Spur exit lanes working over four nights between 22.00 and 05.00 commencing Monday 11 October. Traffic will be diverted to the M56 via Thorley Lane and Runger Lane and Junction 6. The road works will not affect traffic coming into the airport.
M56 Junction 7 Bowden View Bridge Replacement
The Highways Agency are replacing the bridge carrying traffic off the M56 at Jn 7 and onto the A556. The plan is demolish the bridge during the weekend 2/3rd October, and install the new bridge on the following weekend 9/10 October. The M56 west bound will be closed to traffic during both weekends. East bound traffic will be able to use the eastbound Jn 7 entry and exit slips. Between the two weekends, westbound traffic heading for the M6 south will not be able to use the A556, and will be diverted via jn 10 of the M56. The HA's variable message signs will sign diversions for Manchester Airport traffic.
Metrolink
Work will start on the Airport Metrolink line at the end of 2010. Initial work will be on diverting services on Outwood Lane, and later in 2011,on the retaining wall structure alongside the Hilton Hotel. As work progresses, there will be a need for traffic management around the Hilton area on Outwood Lane.
Further updates will follow as these projects progress.
Kind regards,