Swindon Borough Council have provided an update on the roadworks currently taking place by the Moonrakers pub.
This month, contractors were assisting another utility provider to cross underneath Cricklade Road and have been helping them to install additional equipment underneath the road surface to meet future needs.
SSE and BT have also completed their final work on the west side of Cricklade Road, marking a significant milestone in the scheme. They do not expect that any further major utility work will need to take place at the junction as part of the Moonrakers improvement scheme.
The contractors, Alun Griffiths Ltd, are continuing to install kerbs and construct the drainage network along Cricklade Road and into Whitworth Road. Kerbs are also being installed going north past the Moonrakers pub towards Penhill Drive.
The footpath outside the Moonrakers pub is being reconstructed following the completion of utility diversions on this section of the junction and traffic islands have started to be constructed at the mouth of Whitworth Road and on Cricklade Road.
There are also plans to remove damaged road surface on some areas of Whitworth Road and Cricklade Road.
Coming up there are plans for new drainage connections to be installed between the Penhill Drive junction and the Moonrakers junction to improve water run-off between the two areas.
In order to do this, next week the permanent traffic lights will be switched off on Penhill Drive and temporary traffic lights put in their place. Further traffic management measures will be implemented between Penhill Drive junction and the Moonrakers junction and will be in place for a three week period.
In March, contractors will be finishing work to widen Cricklade Road northbound.
Once the construction of traffic islands on Whitworth Road and Cricklade Road have been completed, contractors will then move on to build the largest traffic island on Beechcroft Road.
Next month work will also ramp-up to construct the dedicated left turn from Cricklade Road onto Beechcroft Road when approaching from the north. This new lane will help to reduce the number of vehicles using the junction.
