Willerby Roundabout to shut overnight for a week

Willerby Roundabout, near Hull, will shut overnight from Monday 15 April to Saturday 20 April

A busy roundabout will close overnight for a week as part of a £1.9m road improvement scheme.

The Willerby Roundabout, near Hull, will shut from Monday 15 April to Saturday 20 April between 20:00 and 06:00 BST.

Diversion routes will be in place during the work, East Riding of Yorkshire Council confirmed.

The council added that further delays were expected in the area on 24 April when new traffic lights are installed.

Work began in September 2023 and was due to finish in February 2024, but exceptionally wet weather over autumn and winter forced its completion to be delayed until April.

The project has involved enlarging the roundabout and introducing traffic signals, as well as carrying out lane additions and reallocations, which are designed to increase the capacity of the junction in order to reduce queues and delays for traffic, the council added.

The roundabout upgrade scheme in Willerby is expected to finish in April 2024

Councillor Gary McMaster, the council's cabinet member for housing and infrastructure, said: "We'd like to thank drivers and residents for bearing with us during these night-time road closures as we enter the final stages of this scheme.

"The closures are essential for us to be able to resurface the road around the roundabout. We have made sure these take place at night to avoid the most disruption.

"When this project is complete, we hope drivers will experience a much-improved roundabout and suffer far less queuing."