Oakmount Road is closed today between Carisbrooke Crescent and Oakmount Avenue.
This morning I spoke to a man driving a Highways Maintenance van, who told me that this section would be completed today and the rest of Oakmount Road will be done in sections on Thursday and Friday.
One side of the road to be closed at a time.
I asked him whether the entire road in each section would be closed at the same time and he said no, just one side. However, that doesn't appear to be the case at the moment. But he says that Mount Drive residents will definitely be able get in and out.
Improved Signage
Yesterday Councillor Davidovitz asked for the contractors to provide improved signage to make sure that residents understand just how they are affected, so I inspected Oakmount Road from where it is closed at its junction with Carisbrooke Crescent up to Winchester Road - and this is what I found:
A Road Closed Ahead sign at the junction with Constantine Avenue, the same as yesterday.
And then I drove up to the junction with Winchester Road and found these signs:
Oakmount Road with Winchester Road running across the top
Turning right from Winchester Road into Oakmount Road
What diverted traffic? I assume these are in place for later in the week.
A sign in Oakmount Road itself, just before its junction with Peverells Road
I'm not sure that this is improved signage but at least we now know that Oakmount Road is to be closed in sections and only one side of the road at a time. But we don't know how the contractors will inform residents in the top part of Oakmount Road, who park their cars at the kerb.
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