THE A64 TRUNK ROAD (MALTON ROAD TO STAXTON ROUNDABOUT) (TEMPORARY RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) NOTICE

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 THE A64 TRUNK ROAD (MALTON ROAD TO STAXTON ROUNDABOUT) (TEMPORARY RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Highways England Company Limited has made an Order on the A64 Trunk Road, in the District of Ryedale, to enable carriageway repair works to be carried out in safety. The works are expected to start on Monday 2 October 2017 for 5 weeks or until completed. The effect of the Order will be, at times during the works, between 8pm and 6am Sunday to Thursday nights, and between 8pm on Friday 6 October 2017 and 6am on Monday 9 October 2017 and between the same times over subsequent weekends, to:

(i) close the A64 eastbound and westbound carriageways from Springfield Terrace Junction to 365 metres east of St Hilda's Street Junction, a distance of 700 metres;
(ii) close the A64 eastbound carriageway between the exit and entry slip roads at the A169/B1257 Pickering Junction, a distance of 520 metres;
(iii) ban vehicles from entering or leaving the A64 at its junction with St Hilda's Street;
(iv) close the bus stop area adjacent to the A64 westbound carriageway approximately 94 metres west of St Hilda's Street Junction; and
(v) close the bus stop areas adjacent to the A64 eastbound carriageway approximately 57 metres west of St Hilda's Street Junction and 5 metres east of Millfield Junction.

During the closures suitably signed alternative routes will be available at all times. It will be necessary, for 24 hours a day, for the duration of the works, to impose a temporary 40mph and at times a 10mph speed restriction on the A64:

(i) eastbound and westbound carriageways from Carr Lane Junction to 880 metres east of Carr Lane Junction, a distance of 880 metres; and
(ii) eastbound and westbound carriageways from 500 metres east of St Hilda's Street Junction to Springfield Terrace Junction, a distance of 875 metres.

The 10mph speed restriction will only apply when, for safety reasons, traffic has to be escorted through the works by a highway maintenance vehicle; It will also be necessary, for 24 hours a day, for the duration of the works to close the layby adjacent to the A64 eastbound carriageway approximately 102 metres west of St Hilda's Street Junction.
Traffic management will be in force 24 hours a day and traffic signs will indicate the extent of the restrictions (which will not apply to emergency service vehicles or special forces vehicles) and prohibitions (which will not apply to emergency service vehicles or vehicles being used in connection with the said works or for winter maintenance or traffic officer purposes). Access will be maintained at all times to premises and property which are accessible from, and only from, the A64. The Order comes into force on 1 October 2017 and has a maximum duration of eighteen months. The contact for any further information about this notice is Jill Thornhill, telephone: 0300 470 2593, e-mail: jill.thornhill@highwaysengland.co.uk. RICHARD FOXTON, Highways England, 3 South, Lateral, 8 City Walk, LEEDS, LS11 9AT.