What you need to know about the current works
Working with our contractor, CR Reynolds Ltd, we have made significant progress on the Kingswood roundabout schemes since work started on site in February, including -
- drainage works
- reprofiling of the nearby embankments in order to create the space needed to increase the capacity of the carriageway
However, to facilitate the next stage of each scheme, the following traffic management arrangements will be made in May 2026.
Ennerdale Leisure Centre
As part of the scheme at Ennerdale Leisure Centre Roundabout, Ennerdale (north) will be closed from Thursday 21 May 2026 for around 10 weeks.
The closure will apply between the Thomas Clarkson Way / Ennerdale junction and Littondale. However, Littondale will remain open throughout.
The closure will enable CityFibre to carry out essential diversion and disconnection works, which need to take place to allow CR Reynolds Ltd to deliver road widening and drainage improvements as part of the scheme.
To minimise disruption, Northern Powergrid are also undertaking additional planned maintenance works during the same closure period. In addition, CR Reynolds Ltd will also use the closure to complete construction activities that cannot safely be undertaken under traffic management alone.
Following consultation with the city’s bus operators, a diversion route has been agreed to ensure that Sutton Park continues to receive an uninterrupted bus service.
One bus stop will be temporarily closed at Ennerdale A1033 (southbound), between the Thomas Clarkson Way / Ennerdale junction and the Sutton Road / Ennerdale junction.
The signed diversion routes, will be as follows -
Buses via
- Sutton Road
- Holwell Road
- Nidderdale
- Littondale
(and vice versa, depending on direction of travel)
All other traffic
- Ennerdale
- Bude Road
- John Newton Way
- Thomas Clarkson Way
(and vice versa, depending on direction of travel)
Wawne Road / Bude Road
In addition to the traffic management changes at the Ennerdale Leisure Centre Roundabout, changes will also be made as part of the Wawne Road / Bude Road Roundabout scheme.
The emergency access road through Foredyke Nature Reserve will be closed from 5pm on Friday 1 May 2026.
The northbound lane closure on Wawne Road has been lifted and the contractor is relocating to Holwell Road to undertake essential electrical diversion works.
The works will start on Thursday 30 April 2026 and will last for a week. There will be a southbound lane closure, followed by a northbound lane closure. A minor diversion route will be in place diverting all traffic via Wawne Road and Honiton Road.
On Friday 8 May 2026, the lane closures on Holwell Road will be lifted and a southbound lane closure on Wawne Road will be introduced.
To support bus users and motorists, the diversion route via the emergency access road through Foredyke Nature Reserve will be re-opened and reversed to run from Wawne Road to Bude Road.
To ensure the continued safety of pupils at Kingswood Academy, manned stop/go signs will remain in place on the emergency access road at 7.30am to 9am, 11.30am to 1pm and 3pm to 4pm.
HGVs will need to follow a diversion route via Bude Road, John Newton Way, Raich Carter Way, Barnes Way, Richmond Way, Grosvenor Road, Richmond Lane, Diversity Drive and Wawne Road.
You can view the works and traffic management arrangements within the attached scheme plans.
