Roadworks, temporary local road closures and restrictions

Information on current and forthcoming roadworks and road closures across the borough.

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Rochdale: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Rochdale
Expected start and finish: 7am-7pm, Sunday 16 February 2020.
Reason: to move lifting equipment onto the Rochdale Riverside development.   
Restriction and location:

• Temporary closure of Baillie Street, from its junction with Constantine Road to a point 20 metres in an easterly direction.
• Temporary closure of Bell Street for its entire length.

Alternative route: there's no alternative route for vehicles.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

Area: Rochdale
Expected start and finish: 7.30pm-6am each day, Thursday 27 February - Sunday 1 March 2020.
Reason: to install new waste water monitoring equipment.
Restriction and location:

• Temporarily prohibit vehicles from turning right from St Mary's Gate onto Dane Street in a westerly direction.
• Temporarily prohibit vehicles from turning right from The Esplanade onto St Mary's Gate in a north-easterly direction.
• Temporarily prohibit vehicles from proceeding onto Dane Street onto The Esplanade in a westerly direction.

Alternative route:

• The alternative route for the right turn prohibition from St Mary's Gate onto Dane Street is Manchester Road, Roch Valley Way and Bury Road.
• The alternative route for the right turn prohibition from The Esplanade onto St Mary's Gate is Dane Street and College Road.
• The alternative route for vehicles prohibited from travelling from Dane Street onto The Esplanade in a westerly direction is St Mary's Gate and Newgate.

Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

Area: Rochdale
Expected start and finish: 8am, Monday 9 March 2020 - 5pm, Friday 20 March 2020.
Reason: to install traffic light detector loops in the carriageway.   
Restriction and location: temporary closure of Malvern Street West, from its junction with Sandy Lane to a point 20 metres in an easterly direction.
Alternative route: the alternative route for vehicles is Claremont Road, Bury Road and Sandy Lane.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

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Middleton: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Middleton
Expected start and finish:  Wednesday 7 August 2019 - Tuesday 4 February 2020.
Reason: to construct the new railway station access.
Restriction and location:

• Prohibition of pedestrians from proceeding along the southerly footway of Oldham Road, from a point 90 metres west of its junction with Mills Hill Road for a distance of 80 metres in a westerly direction.
• Prohibition of waiting on the northerly side of Oldham Road, from a point 30 metres west of its junction with Mills Hill Road for a distance of 160 metres in a westerly direction.

Alternative route: the alternative route for vehicles will be signed on street when the closures are in place.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

Area: Middleton
Expected start and finish: 9am, Thursday 3 January 2020 - 11.59am, Friday 24 January 2020.
Reason: to repair a damaged water main.   
Restriction and location: temporary closure of Spring Gardens, from its junction with New Lane for a distance of 40 metres in a northerly direction.
Alternative route: the alternative route for vehicles is New Lane, Long Street and King Street.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

Area: Middleton
Expected start and finish:  Monday 6 January 2020 - Friday 5 June 2020.
Reason: to construct a sewer overflow in the carriageway.   
Restriction and location: temporary closure of Waverley Road, from its junction with Rochdale Road for a distance of 50 metres in a north-westerly direction.
Alternative route: the alternative route for vehicles is Rochdale Road and Nowell Road.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

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Heywood: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Heywood
Expected start and finish:  Thursday 6 June 2019 - Monday 16 March 2020.
Reason: to repair the pedestrian bridge and allow the safe passage of pedestrians only.
Restriction and location: temporary closure of Schofield Street, from its junction with Cowburn Street for a distance of 32 metres in a south-easterly direction.
Alternative route: the alternative route for vehicles is Walton Street, Manchester Road, Manchester Street, Hardfield Street and Schofield Street.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

Area: Heywood
Expected start and finish:  Monday 4 November 2019 - Friday 1 May 2020.
Reason: to facilitate works to a new housing development.
Restriction and location: temporary closure of Claybank Street, from a point 32 metres east of its junction with Cedar Avenue for a distance of 105 metres.
Alternative route: the alternative route for vehicles is Cedar Avenue and Furness Avenue.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council.

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Pennines: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Pennines
Expected start and finish: ongoing
Work being undertaken: Virgin Media are currently installing new Fibre Broadband in the Pennines area.
Who to contact: for any issues about this work, please use the following methods to gain the quickest and safest possible resolution.

Contractors on site - contact a site supervisor. They are best placed to resolve many issues there and then. In most instances, this will be the quickest and safest way to resolve any issue.

Virgin Media Helpdesk - if unresolved, or there are no contractors in the area, or if the site has been left in an unsafe manner and requires urgent attention, please ring the Virgin Media helpdesk on 0333 000 5925.

The helpdesk hours are: Monday-Friday, 8am-7.30pm, Saturday, 8am-12noon. The helpdesk will alert the contractor and Virgin Media's compliance engineers.

Alternatively, please email expansionworks@virginmedia.co.uk with details of your address and preferred contact method.

Rochdale Borough Council Highways - we need to be aware of issues being raised with Virgin Media. Please email highways@rochdale.gov.uk or phone on 0300 303 8879, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. At all other times, please phone our Contact Centre on 0300 303 8875 for emergency work on the highway.

Area: Pennines
Expected start and finish: 8am-5pm each day from Monday 2 December 2019 - Saturday 2 May 2020.
Reason: to protect the public while works are done on a new housing development.
Restriction and location: temporary closure of unnamed footpath from Bramhall Close to Elizabethan Way and from Elizabethan Way for a distance of 46 metres in a north westerly direction. As this is a footpath closure, it will only affect pedestrians and cyclists.
Alternative route: the alternative route for pedestrians and cyclists will be clearly signed when the closure is in place.
Organised by: Rochdale Borough Council