Swindon Borough Council will start work to install crash barriers along Great Western Way, between Mannington roundabout and Blagrove roundabout.
This follows a review by Road Safety officers who have decided there is a need for vehicle restraint systems on the road to prevent any potential collisions.
In order to maintain the safety of the workforce, and of road users, the project – which is expected to take just eight weeks – will require lane closures and a 30mph speed limit to be in place on this section of Great Western Way throughout the period of the work.
The project is funded through the Local Transport Plan (LTP) programme, and will include the:
- introduction of a central reservation barrier
- improving the existing nearside barriers
- relocation of the traffic signs, traffic signal poles and street lighting columns further back from the edge of carriageway
