Part of Castlegate to re-open next week

A section of a busy town centre road which has been closed since February as part of Severn Trent's £60m sewer replacement scheme in Newark will re-open on Tuesday.

The company has completed a section of work in the Castlegate, which means traffic will be able to use the roundabout again to get on to Beast Market Hill.

Nick Wallace from Severn Trent said: “Our work on Castlegate is such an important part of the project and we’re happy to say that a section is now complete, so we will be able to turn traffic onto the roundabout again from Bargate, whereas before the traffic was directed to turn in front of the roundabout.

“This means cars wishing to turn right onto Beast Market Hill from Bar Gate, will be able to turn right by using the roundabout, and the existing two-way traffic flow will now go back to a single lane again. Vehicles still won’t be able to drive all of the way around the roundabout until the one way system finishes in mid June ”

Severn Trent is currently working on Castlegate as part of its multi-million pound investment to improve the town’s water and waste services, which will see over 400 homes and businesses protected from sewer flooding by 2020.

Earlier this month, ‘The Siege Breaker’, the state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine, also completed its nine month journey underground, creating a tunnel that is three kilometres long and big enough to drive a transit van through which will allow for the much needed bigger and better sewers to be installed.

“We really appreciate everyone’s support and patience as we continue to work on Castle Gate,” Mr Wallace said.

“We hope now with some of the traffic management changes, it will start to make it easier for the people of Newark to get around the town.”

The changes to the Castle roundabout will start on Tuesday 29 May and the existing one way system will remain in place on Castlegate until all work is complete.

Severn Trent is also running a shuttle bus until mid June, and it is free for anyone to use when visiting the town to help keep local businesses open during the construction.

BNM Alliance are carrying out work on behalf of Severn Trent.

For more information on Severn Trent’s work in Newark, visit stw.works/Newark.