HS2 Works Notification: Notice of temporary road closure, Banbury Road near Thorpe Mandeville

As part of our continued preparatory works for our internal haul and access roads we will close Banbury Road in Thorpe Mandeville, for 4 weeks. The closure area will be between Bulls Lane and Magpie Junction.

We will create a crossing area where our internal haul and access roads will cross the highway. In order to protect the road and any utilities underneath, we first need to create a strengthened surface at the crossing area using concrete. As the project progresses, it is also necessary to remove vegetation to enable future works to continue and to allow access to areas of the site. Once our crossing areas are fully installed, they will provide safety to both local road users and our construction staff by installing traffic signals and in some locations, barriers, to manage the flow of construction traffic crossing the highway.

As these preparatory works will require large plant and machinery, as well as the setting of concrete, we will need to fully close this section of Banbury Road. This closure will be 24 hours per day, until the work is complete. This is for the safety of road users and our staff because the road is too narrow for the work to be completed using traffic lights.