Wolverhampton roads shut for £900k resurfacing work

Some of the city's busiest routes will undergo improvement works as part of the scheme including Finchfield Lane, Finchfield, which was shut to motorists today and will also remain closed tomorrow.

The scheme started earlier this month and Upper Zoar Street and Zoar Street, in Penn Fields, have already been completed while Underhill Lane, in Bushbury, is under way.

The latest phase will also see work carried out on a number of streets in Tettenhall including Wood Road which will be shut on Saturday and Sunday, and Upper Green which will also be shut on Sunday.

Council chiefs said theyhope to minimise disruption to drivers by carrying out the work outside of peak hours on the roads.

Wolverhampton City Council's head of public realm services Steve Woodward said: "We are in phase two of our annual surface treatment works to carry out essential repairs to roads and footpaths across the city.

"This will involve some temporary road closures and, in those cases, local diversions will be put in place and the vast majority of work will be carried out in off peak hours to minimise disruption."

Wood End Road, in Wednesfield, will be shut on March 17, Stubby Lane will be resurfaced on March 18 and 19, and work will be carried out, in Rising Brook, in Tettenhall Wood, on March 19 and 20.

While Mill Lane, in Wightwick, will be shut on March 8. The project will be on going until the end of next month and will finish on March 24, in Henwood Road, in Tettenhall.

Other streets where work will be carried out include Hatton Crescent, in Fallings Park, Wootton Road and Langley Road in Merry Hill.

Another roadworks project in the city could see £5 million spent over two years to make the city centre safer for shoppers. Lichfield Street and Queen Square, which are currently used by buses and taxis, would become one way, as would Victoria Street where the taxi rank would be extended.