Lincolnshire County Council completes Marsh Lane roundabout in Boston
A multi-million pound roundabout upgrade has been completed.
The sixth-month project to reduce congestion and improve safety on the A16 finished last week.
The A16/Marsh Lane roundabout, which links Wyberton and Boston, was re-opened on Monday, along with the neighbouring A16/London Road roundabout.
“After six months of hard work, I’m incredibly happy to announce that our improvements to the A16/Marsh Lane roundabout are now complete and that the roundabout is fully re-opened,” said Lincolnshire County Council’s executive member for highways, Coun Richard Davies.
“The goal of this important ‘Levelling Up’ project was to reduce congestion on the A16, improve safety and future-proof the roundabout for future A16 upgrades down the line.
“And now that we’ve added an additional northbound lane and a dedicated left-turn lane for those travelling south from Marsh Lane onto the A16, I think we will accomplish this.
“I want to thank everyone for their patience throughout the works, as I know some of the works would have been quite disruptive for drivers, as well as local residents and businesses.
“With Marsh Lane roundabout now re-opened, the focus is now on completing our improvements to the pedestrian and cycling links in and around the area.”
As part of the final stage of the Boston Active Travel works, a 24/7 southbound-only road closure will be in place on London Road until Friday, December 1, subject to weather.
The diversion route for the closure will be via The Quadrant/A16, and vice versa.
Coun Davies added: “Both projects have taken a lot of time and effort, with 20,000 workforce hours spent, over a quarter-mile of new drainage installed and over 7,500 tonnes of tarmac, stone and other road-building materials used.”
Both projects are funded by a portion of the £20m in ‘Levelling Up’ funding awarded to the county council in October 2021.
The remaining funding is being used across three other projects, including improvements to Spalding’s A16/A151 Springfield Roundabout and A16/B1180 Greencell Roundabout.
