Latest update
Advance warning notice
There will be traffic management on Aston Hall Road on the following dates:
- Monday 9 September to Friday 13 September – 2-way lights on Aston Hall Road
- Monday 16 September to Sunday 6 October – 3 weeks (including weekends) of full road closure of Aston Hall Road to install scaffold spanning above the road
- Monday 7 October to Friday 11 October – 2-way lights on Aston Hall Road
Advance warning notice signs will be installed from Monday 26 August to make road users aware of the upcoming closures.
The following arrangements will ensure local businesses on Aston Hall Road are unaffected by these works:
- Access to: Aston Parish Church and Estone Drive (Guhring Ltd and Salts Healthcare Deliveries) via Queens Road/Witton Lane only (South)
- Access to: Frank Dudley Ltd, Aston Tavern, Aston Police Station Rear Gate Access, Salts Healthcare, Mayflex Ltd and Aston Inn via Electric Avenue/Aston Hall Road (North). There will be a marshal present to allow access for employees, clients, customers, delivery drivers etc to these businesses
Traffic management will be removed before and reinstated after any matches or events held at Aston Villa Football Club during this timeframe.
Network Rail are carrying out an inspection on the rail bridges on the night of 24 September. Traffic management will be removed on this date and reinstated after the inspection is complete.
Night works
Night works will be taking place and will be listed below when confirmed.
If you have any questions about our road/lane closures and planned traffic management, email: a38strengtheningtm@volkerfitzpatrick.co.uk
Project Updates
August update
In August, we have seen a real change in the scaffolding on site.
Scaffold at Pier 1 and Pier 2 has been removed now as the works at the south end of the structure are nearly complete.
We are now working on building the encapsulation scaffold at Span 4, 5 and 6 to follow on from Span 7, which crosses over Aston Hall Road. The encapsulation scaffold will allow the operatives to carry out repair works to the splice plates (where each box is connected) externally, as well as the complete blast and paint of the structure too.
This work has included scaffold foundations being built before the scaffold can be erected as the ground needs to be level.
At the northern end of the structure, repairs to drainage at Span 21 and 22 has been carried out as well as blast and paint works to the eternal part of the structure.
A crossbox is the part of the box which connects the two box girder beams, this part of the structure is significantly smaller and a much more confined space than the already small area of the box girder (3m by 1.8m). We have also been completing repairs and defects to crossboxes at Pier 17.
July update
In July, we have reached project milestones. The first crossboxes at Pier 1, which is at the South end of the structure have been completely blasted and painted. A crossbox is the part of the box which connects the two box girder beams, this part of the structure is significantly smaller and a much more confined space than the already small area of the box girder (3m by 1.8m).
Operatives made a great effort working in these cramped spaces to get the structure strengthened, blasted and painted.
In an update for strengthening, boxes D26, D33, D35 and C28 have all been completed and signed off. This means all the additional steel to support the strengthening has been installed, grit blasting carried out and internal paint system has been applied.
Span 1 and 2 (South end of structure), which are the box beams located in in the local business of Frank Dudley Limited, are continuing to be blasted, prepped and painted internally and this is expected to be finished in late August.
At Span 3, which is also within the Frank Dudley Limited area, span 3 external line A and B has been completely grit blasted and painted – you will be able to see the new paint system which protects the steel and stops the structure from rusting.
At Span 22 (North end of structure), the encapsulation scaffold is erected, and the shrink wrap has been fitted to allow the external blast and paint to start.
The encapsulation scaffold and shrink wrap is applied to structure to help protect the surrounding areas. For example, no waste will enter the River Tame below the works, and it creates an enclosed weatherproof area for protection against adverse weather conditions.
Page last updated: 29 August 2024