The first phase of work on improvements to Coventry railway station – a new footbridge and improvements to the existing platform canopies – has begun. A second station building with shops, new multi-storey car park and a ticket office, as well as a bus interchange on the Central Six side, will follow soon. Piling works …
Category: Transport
Bus Route Changes in Pipeline
National Express Coventry are conducting a consultation on possible bus route changes to be implemented in September. This would be the first major revision of services for 7 years. Routes affected, serving Earlsdon, Chapelfields, Spon End and Hearsall Common could include the numbers 5, 10, 11, 18, 19 and 23. However some of these changes …
Road Closures Near Coventry Railway Station
Eaton Road will be subject to weekend closures (from Station Square to Warwick Road) for works by Western Power Distribution, from Friday night to Monday morning on the following dates: • Friday 14 June at 20.00 until Monday 17 June at 06.00 • Friday 21 June at 20.00 until Monday 24 June at 06.00 • …
Cabling Work Progresses
The contractors working for Western Power Distribution have completed the directional drilling from Beechwood Avenue under Kenilworth Road and into the War Memorial Park and they are now in the process of connecting the ducts. The one lane closure and diversion at that junction should now be removed by 23 February. The next phase of …
Cable Works Underway
Cable laying works on behalf of Western Power Distribution began in Beechwood Avenue on 8 November. They are working from the Kenilworth Road end and there is a section of road with single file traffic and traffic lights at the junction with Warwick Avenue/Stoneleigh Avenue. A section of the footpath on the Warwick Avenue side …
Whoberley Avenue Access Restrictions
Road resurfacing in Whoberley Avenue will take place over approximately 7 days from Monday 17th July. The road will be fully closed between 7.30am and 5pm, during which time access will be permitted for residents, business, emergency vehicles and refuse collection but not for private motorists. Vehicles left parked on the road during the work …
Number 10 bus diverted
Whoberley Avenue will be closed from Monday 17 July for up to seven days, while repairs are carried out. During the closure, bus service 10 will be unable to use the stops on either Whoberley Avenue or Maudslay Road and so passengers are asked to use the stops on Lyndale Road or the service 23 …
Bus Lane Suspension
The council’s plan to suspend a number of bus lanes in the city as part of a trial will be phased in from Monday 16 January, with yellow and black signs being placed to inform motorists which bus lanes are suspended. Bus lanes that do not have a black and yellow sign near them have …
Beechwood Avenue Crossing Petition Closing Soon
There is still time to add your name to the petition for a safe road crossing on Beechwood Avenue near St. Barbara’s/the junction with Rochester Road – it closes on Monday.
Sunday Roadworks
Update from Coventry City Council on Broad Lane/A45 works taking place this Sunday: “In order to minimise disruption as much as is practicable, we have co-ordinated four disruptive activities to take place together on Sunday 6 September. Temporary traffic signals will control the junction operation whilst five separate gangs from four different specialist companies will …