Work on A16 Greencell roundabout in Pinchbeck due to be completed soon

Highways bosses say major improvements to a roundabout are due to be completed in the coming weeks.

Lincolnshire County Council is aiming to complete the changes to the Greencell roundabout by ‘late March’ as part of a wider project to reduce congestion on the A16.

The county council has spent 10 months on increasing the size of the A16/B1180 roundabout in order to provide two wider lanes thanks to a £20million Levelling Up grant.

Resurfacing part of the A16 along with replacing the joints of the bridge, which travels over the Vernatt’s Drain, are also included within the scheme of work.

Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: "After ten months on-site, I’m glad to say we’re now just under a month away from finishing our improvements to Pinchbeck Roundabout.

"That means we’re expecting to have the roundabout fully re-open within the next four weeks, subject to weather, but with additional lanes in the roundabout itself and longer approaches and exits on the northbound A16 leg. It also means less congestion and better journey times, along with more capacity on the A16 for lorries and delivery vehicles.

“This has been a massive project that’s grown beyond simply improving Pinchbeck Roundabout. By the end of the scheme, we’ll have not only rebuilt three quarters of a mile of the A16 just south of the Pinchbeck Roundabout, but we’re also replacing the joints of the bridge over Vernatt’s Drain and are fully unblocking the drainage system between Springfield Roundabout and Pinchbeck Roundabout.

“As always, we try to carry out as much work as possible while at a particular site to avoid further disruption down the line – and this project is a perfect example of that.”

The Greencell work was estimated to cost around £6.6million and is part of a wider project to improve the A16.

Contractors will have spent more than 36,000 hours working on this project which will also include a new kerbing and drainage.

This project will also include a new 240 metre link along Coronation Bank between Holbeach Road to the Springfield Outlet Shopping and Leisure Car park - which will cost £288,000.

Contractors will also be adding be raising the kerb levels along the McDonald’s roundabout - along with adding double yellow lines to stop dozy parking - following a safety audit in January.

But campaigners from Pedals are angry that this audit did not include improving the pedestrian crossings over the roundabout. They want to see a footbridge or crossings with signals.

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