County Council press release:
Essential resurfacing and maintenance work is due to start on the A414 North Orbital Road, between St Albans and Colney Heath on September 14. It is expected to take three weeks, weather permitting.
The work is part of the county council’s ongoing commitment to maintaining and improving the highway network in Hertfordshire. It will involve:
• Removing and replacing the existing worn out carriageway
• Replacing any broken or worn ironworks (such as gratings and gulley covers)
• Cleaning the drainage system
• Renewing road markings
To reduce disruption for road users, work will be carried out overnight, between 9pm 5:30am. Full road closures will be necessary between the London Colney roundabout and the ‘longabout’ at the Napsbury Lane turning, and up to Highfield Lane during working hours. There will also be occasional lane closures during the daytime and warning signs will be in place.
There will be a fully signed local diversion route in operation at various stages of the project. This will be via the A414 London Colney Roundabout, A1081 London Road, Drakes Drive, A1057 Hatfield Road, A1057 St Albans Road West, A1001 Comet Way, A1001 Roehyde Interchange, and A414 North Orbital Road – and vice versa.
Hertfordshire Highways are also reminding local people to be wary of doorstep conmen posing as council contractors while the works are going on. Genuine highways contractors do not call on householders with offers to tarmac driveways or do other work with materials ‘left over’ from roadworks.
Local bus services should not be directly affected by the work.