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Road repairs on A32

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Event Location: A32, Warnford Southampton, SO32 3LB
FREE
Starts: Monday 15th April 2019, 9:30am
Ends: Monday 6th May 2019, 5:30pm

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Hampshire Highways intends to carry out the 2019/2020 programme of surface dressing treatments on more major roads in Hampshire, including on the A32 between Warnford and West Meon. The A32 should not be closed whilst the works are being done but one lane will be closed so there will be stop/go traffic management, which will cause some delays. It may be necessary to close the road when the preparatory works are being done, and also when white lines/cats eyes are replaced- these works will be done at night to reduce the inconvenience.

Below is some information on what will be done.

The purpose of the treatments is to seal the road structure from water ingress, which arrests the formation of potholes. The treatment is not designed to regulate the shape of the road in any way.

The process of surface dressing involves spraying a finely calibrated amount of bitumen on to the existing, cleansed, road surface, followed by feeding a calibrated amount of aggregate on to the film of bitumen. The treatment is briefly rolled to begin the embedment process which is completed by the action of vehicles moving over the treatment slowly. It should be noted that the treatment does require a large amount of chippings to ensure the bitumen is covered completely, and therefore loose material will be present on the surface for a short time.

Signs will be erected to warn drivers of the risk of loose material and encourage them to drive slowly to prevent damage to their own cars, other people’s cars and the treatment itself. The loose material will be removed by a mechanical sweeper after two days and again after two weeks. Road markings will be installed once the treatment has been swept and fully settled unless poor weather is experienced. The schedule attached shows the site names and the extents we are planning to treat. All these dressings need to be high performance due to their location or types of traffic that use them and accordingly a secondary visit will be required three to four days after the dressing is completed to apply a secondary part of the treatment.

Pedestrian access to property will not be affected although vehicular movement will be restricted because of the size and nature of the plant required to carry out the work. Naturally, none of this applies to emergency vehicles. The programme will be delivered by one workforce and is estimated to start 15th April 2019 and will take three weeks to complete. Most sites will be completed in two days except the largest which will take three days. Notification will be provided via signage on site and where required, a letter will be sent just before the works start. The letters explain the nature of the works and the restrictions necessary. Please be aware that the process is weather sensitive and as a result, changes to dates and times are likely, and often at short notice. The pre-warning signs will be updated as soon as possible to help inform the travelling public and residents alike.

The programme of works, when finalised can be viewed here.

Contact Information

Hampshire Highways

  • 0300 555 1375

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A32, Warnford Southampton, SO32 3LB

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