Roadworks for 75 weeks if junction redesigned

Drivers in Coventry face almost a year and a half of roadworks, if plans to upgrade a major route are given the go-ahead.

The scheme could mean narrow lanes and a 40mph speed limit for 75 weeks at the A46 Walsgrave junction to allow improvement work.

A stretch of the dual carriageway linking the city with M6 and M69 motorways would also be closed at times while work takes place.

Details have been sent to the government and, if approved, work would start in autumn 2026 at the earliest and finish in spring 2028.

Bosses are planning to remove the existing roundabout to allow the A46 to be realigned through that. Smaller roundabouts and link roads either side, along with a flyover above the A46, would allow access to the rest of the road network.

It would cut congestion and make journeys quicker and safer, planning documents said.

There would be three months at the start of the project where there would be no need for fixed traffic management, bosses said.

After this, narrow lanes would be installed on the main A46 and B4082 link road and the speed limit will be reduced to 40mph, according to a traffic management proposal.

National Highways said full road closures of part of the A46 and B-road to Walsgrave would be needed at times while work takes place.

It would also shut for a stretch between the Binley roundabout and the M69/M6 junction.

Any closures would only happen overnight and at weekends, according to the proposals, at which times drivers would be directed to use main roads through the city's suburbs.

Planned diversion routes are for a little over four miles through Hinckley Road, Clifford Bridge Road and A428 Brandon Road, though details need to be confirmed.

National Highways said it planned to use lane closures where possible to reduce disruption, the plans added.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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