Be prepared - roadworks start again on busy Brixham Road

Look out - more roadworks are about on the busy Brixham Road.

The next phase of roadworks to increase traffic flows on the road due to the Inglewood homes development started at the junction with Long Road and Goodrington Road on Monday, October 16.
A statement from Torbay Council said: "Traffic management will increase journey times, so please plan ahead, but there's no road closure and Brixham remains very much open for business.

"We've worked with partners to minimise disruption as much as possible. The roadworks will stop over the festive period and are due to be finished in January."
These works at the junctions of Brixham Road with Long Road and Goodrington Road will all be undertaken with Traffic Management. They involve the widening of the Brixham Road northbound carriageway and the westbound Goodrington Road traffic lane to increase capacity and flows through the junction.

The works, subject to weather, will be completed at the end of January 2024. The project has now been rescheduled from an earlier proposed start in September. 
The council says that during the works, lanes will be temporarily narrowed and, at times, shut to facilitate the progress of the work.
Openreach diversion works within the Premier Inn pavement area have already been carried out to minimise disruption during the works.

The proposed programme and start date have been changed following engagement with South Devon College and to avoid a clash with other highways works in the area, says the council.

Persimmon propose to start the works on Brixham Road from October 16. Initially, this will close lanes to allow the installation of drainage and widening of the northbound carriageway.

Typically, two northbound lanes will be open for traffic. However, for approximately four weeks of service diversion and drainage work, only one northbound lane will be accessible. This will result in an extension of the existing single lane from Windy Corner to this junction.

The Contractor Roadform will need to work on the highway and maintain the Traffic Management during the October half-term as they will be resequencing the traffic lights.

After the road widening is finished, they will make alterations to the junction. They will retain two northbound lanes.