A major roadworks scheme near Lichfield has entered its final phase.
National Highways has been carrying out resurfacing and improvements to safety barriers along the A38 between Fradley and Barton-under-Needwood.
The third phase between Alrewas and Wychnor sees one lane of the northbound carriageway closed along with the Rykneld Street and Burton Road service roads.
Safety work will also be completed between Hilliard’s Cross and Catholme, seeing full northbound carriageway closures from:
- 8pm on 21st July to 6am on 24th July
- 8pm on 28th July to 6am on 31st July
- 8pm on 18th August to 6am on 21st August
The southbound carriageway will also be closed between the exit slip to the A513 and the entry slip from the A513 from 8pm on 15th September to 6am on 18th September.
National Highways Programme Delivery Manager, Saima Khan, said:
“We are making real progress on this scheme and drivers are already starting to see the benefits on the completed sections.
“These are essential works which are vital to maintain safety for drivers and ensure smooth, reliable journeys.
“We are doing everything thing we can to keep disruption to a minimum but roadworks do, inevitably, cause some disturbance. We are grateful for people’s patience and would advise drivers to allow extra time for journeys in the area particularly during the weekend closures.”
Saima Khan, National Highways
During closures for the maintenance work, council teams are also taking the opportunity to clear the A38 of litter and debris – with 300 bags of rubbish, four mattresses, 16 HGV tyres and car bumpers collected in just one week in the Lichfield area.
More details about the A38 roadworks are available on the National Highways website.
This is adding 40 minutes to my journey to work atm. That is 40 minutes I am not at my desk and productive. The government goes on about productivity in this country – well can I suggest it would be worth the cost of 24 hour working on these schemes to get them completed quickly.
I like most in the local area am struggling to drive anywhere at the moment – it is beyond a joke.
Chaos last night at 6pm with 1 lane closed both directions- NO ONE WORKING
David if the journey is 40 minutes longer start out 40 minutes earlier. Problem solved
People would not mind the closures if disruption was kept to a minimum but this is not the case. Whenever I drive home from work (5pm onwards) I never see anyone working on the road. I see plenty of workers sat in their vans guarding the slip road and service road but no ctual work happening. I cannot see why work could not be kept to just night time only and spread over a longer period of time. It has been chaos on the A38 near Alrewas
Unfortunately for me, I live in Lichfield and work in Burton; it is just a horrendous journey at the moment with temporary traffic lights and lane closures. I need my car for work as I do multiple site visits: I tried leaving it in Burton and getting the bus back and forth but the bus gets stuck in traffic too.
Slap a train strike in there too. Oh, and rain works. I also found it a bit cheeky there was a speed camera van too.
@Denyse, maybe try a different car to see if that one gets stuck? 😂
Kenny you are on your way home at 5 but want others to do a night shift ?
Lichfield Council should be ashamed of the roadworks in and around Lichfield. Streethay has ongoing 4 way lights and with the A38 slip road closed it’s a joke with one way in and out. Who did you get to plan these roadwork schedules, Ronald MacDonald ?
There’s more workers involved with the escorting residents cars on the service road at Alrewas than there are actually doing the repairs on that part. Then they all go home at 6pm other than the ‘traffic management’. Maybe if Carnell threw some real manpower at it it would get done quicker.
Might be because I start work at 6 Mikey
It is Staffs CC who are responsible for the roads. It’s nothing to do with Lichfield DC.
I was returning around 11pm, from Birmingham towards Derby, got diverted on that junction, took slip road, no clear instruction, no indication not to go on one way took third exit on round about, Suddenly Road closed sign, no space to take turn back, got stuck Infront of incoming traffic, with a car and truck behind me, also found cheeky camera van on my left. With two young kids in my car, whole family got very scared, hopefully I don’t get a ticket. It’s very poor planning, unorganised diversion and dangerous for all types of car. I hope no one enter into oncoming traffic. Please make some sense and plan safely
Why do people poke fun at Ronald McDonald? He’s one of the most successful businessmen in the world and has over 40,000 restaurants across the world. Yet Steve from Lichfield is incorrectly blaming him and LDC for roadworks. It’s SCC who are responsible for local roads. The A38 is the responsibility of Highways England. Get your facts right Stevie lad.
Steve isn’t blaming Ronald MacDonald – or his parent corporation – for the roadworks Alica Fibmerchant (anagram of Michael Fabricant); he’s suggesting that the planning was undertaken by a clown. Your point about responsibility for the A38 resting with Highways England is sound, but you’ve rather undermined your argument through your own sneeringly expressed error of basic reading comprehension.
Alica most of MacDonald ls are franchises
@sahure…..sorry what mate?
Btw – Congratulations on your ability to work out anagrams….you’re obviously highly intelligent.
There is an alternative route between Burton and Lichfield. To the left from A38 on the map. 30 min driving but no disruption. I have used it a few times during A38 closure.
When are the roadworks finished?
No roadworks at all, both north and south yet there still continues to be a pointless 40mph restriction. Why hasn’t this been sorted!? It’s bad enough with the closure of the A38 south still in complete disarray without any sort of update either. Absolute shambles and incompetence for the last 12 months