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Traffic management and a lane closure were installed on the A5013 Creswell Grove on Monday 11 May 2026, with the arrangements being closely monitored on site.
Unfortunately, several vehicles ignored the advance warning signage and continuing to travel towards the point of closure. This included HGVs, which led to safety concerns for both road users and the site workforce.
As a result, the Principal Contractor made the decision to remove all traffic management from the network. Due to these safety concerns affecting both the travelling public and the workforce, the traffic management will not be reinstalled this week (week commencing 11 May). However, works have continued off-line (outside the carriageway) to maintain construction programme progress.
Following a review of the Phase 1 traffic management proposals, including the associated works on the National Highways network, it has been decided to amend the arrangement so that the lane closure permits access along the A5013 Creswell Grove towards the M6 Junction 14 (Stafford), rather than from M6 Junction 14 (Stafford) towards Great Bridgeford. Consequently, access from M6 Junction 14 (Stafford) to Great Bridgeford via the A5013 Creswell Grove will not be permitted.
Traffic management and lane closure (access towards Stafford only) will be in operation from 6:00am on Monday 18 May 2026.
The decision to alter the traffic management layout has been made due to the safety concerns observed on Monday 11 May and the works to remove the A5013 Creswell Grove/M6 Junction 14 roundabout splitter island being moved from a week 1 activity to further into the construction programme.
Phase 1 and 2 of the works include:
Please note that the safety of both the road users and the site workforce is paramount. Any road users who fail to comply with the traffic management measures in place will be reported to the Police.
With any major road scheme, there will unfortunately be significant disruption, so we would like to thank people for their patience and understanding during the works period.
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S278 Highway improvement works associated with the ‘Stafford Gate’ commercial development are being undertaken on A5013 Creswell Grove, A5013 Eccleshall Road and M6 Junction 14, Stafford.
These works are being delivered by Alto Construct and funded by the developer, Strawsons Holding Limited.
The scheme includes;
The Works commenced on 5th May 2026 for approximately 39 weeks
The works on A5013 Creswell Grove are expected to complete in November 2026.
The works on A5013 Eccleshall Road are expected to commence following the completion of works on A5013 Creswell Grove and are expected to complete by the end of January 2027.
The Contractor installed advance warning signs ahead of the works commencing. Any individual access concerns will be managed by the site teams.
The diversion routes during periods of one-way closure are shown on the following plans;
To allow the works to be carried out safely, temporary traffic management will be required for the works duration.
This could alter as the scheme progresses. However, the expected phasing is as follows;
Site establishment and off-line works – 5th May 2026 for 2 weeks
No traffic management in place
18th May 2026 for approx. 17 weeks
During this phase:
11th September 2026 for approx. 10 weeks
During this phase:
18th November 2026 for approx. 4 weeks
Approximately 3 weeks
11th January 2027 for approximately 3 weeks - primarily night works
