Lincolnshire County Council announce major project for Hulls Drove near Whaplode Drove

A notoriously bad road will be closed for a major resurfacing project.

Lincolnshire County Council has announced a ‘major piece of engineering’ to sort out Hulls Drove - the B1166 - near Whaplode Drove in a month-long project which is due to get underway later this month.

Hulls Drove have been an issue for some time with the county council spending £458,000 last year in the first phase of resurfacing the road.

The latest works to resurface and stablise the verge will get underway from Monday, June 18. The road will be closed during the project.

Karen Cassar, assistant director for highways, said: “Hull’s Drove, either side of the Martins Road junction, is in a dire state so we’ll be completely rebuilding this section of B1166 starting next month.

“This will be a major piece of engineering, with the team expecting to use over 2,000 tonnes of asphalt and other road-building materials to complete the job.

“While on-site, we’ll also be stabilising the B1166 verge to the west of the Martins Road junction, as well as improving the road surface further Hull’s Drove near the A16 junction.

“Like any major roadworks, there will be some disruption which we will do our best to keep to a minimum.”

The council will be undertaking maintenance surfacing on the B1166 near the A16 junction access while they will be stablising the verge on the western section of the B1166 near the Martins Road.

Engineers will be reconstructing 130m of the B1166 on both sides of the Martin’s Road junction and 40m of the Martins Road junction.

The road will be closed from B1166 Hull’s Drove (from near the A16 junction to near the Dowsdale Bank junction) and the Martins Road junction for the whole of the project (access will be maintained for residents)

The diversion road is via B1166 / B1168 / B1165 / B1357 / A16, and vice versa

Ms Cassar added: “We'll be doing everything we can during the works to keep disruption to a minimum, including maintaining access for residents and emergency vehicles during our working hours.”

In 2023, emergency services were called to the road after a pothole managed to damage five vehicles in the space of a few minutes.