£125,000 scheme to improve road and drainage issues to begin in Cottingham

Essential work to improve a road in Cottingham and rectify its drainage problems is due to begin in August. 

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is to invest £125,000 is upgrading the road surface and addressing drainage problems on Newgate Street, Cottingham.

Work is scheduled to start on Monday 11 August and take three weeks to complete. 

The scheme will start with repairs to the road surface on Newgate Street between and including the junctions of King Street and Longmans Lane.

In order to do this, King Street will be closed to traffic for two nights, on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 August only between 7pm and midnight. Newgate Street will remain open but two-way temporary traffic lights will be in place.

During the scheme, damaged kerbs and channels in Newgate Street will be replaced during the daytime, working from 9.30am to 3.30pm, together with investigatory work to rectify drainage problems along the road.

During the daytime work, lane closures will be in operation approaching the King Street junction to allow for work to be carried out to the edge of the road.

Resurfacing work on the road is due to be completed on the evening of Friday 29 August.

For that night, King Street will need to be closed again between 7pm and midnight. Newgate Street will remain open but two-way temporary traffic lights will be in place.

Councillor Paul West, the council’s cabinet member for environment and transport, said: “The work we will be carrying out is essential to improve the condition of the road and drainage from the carriageway.

“We have tried to keep disruption to traffic to a minimum and we thank local residents, businesses and drivers for their understanding and cooperation while we complete this scheme.”

The work is being carried out as part of the council’s planned highway capital programme.