MORE works to improve Redbridge Roundabout are to start next week.

Highways England will be starting work on August 10 to complement other junction improvement work at junctions 5 and 7 in a bid to improve journey times, reduce congestion and support local and strategic economic growth.

The Redbridge scheme comes after a six-month project to improve the nearby Millbrook Roundabout finished on April 7.

The scheme, set to cost between £8.5 million and £15.5 million, will add an extra lane to ease congestion for vehicles travelling from the motorway to the city centre and the port.

What work is going to be done?

Daily Echo:

  • Free-flow lanes are to be added from the M271 Southampton towards the port
  • Shared paths to be improved
  • A new footbridge will be installed
  • Signals that give buses priority are to be removed
  • Widening the Roundabout
  • Hundreds of new shrubs and trees to be planted
  • Roundabout to be resurfaced with new "low-noise" material

What closures will be in place?

Daily Echo:

  • 24 hour closure - Monday, August 10, to Sunday, August 16 - M271 southbound narrow lanes; A33 eastbound narrow lanes; Redbridge Roundabout inner ring closure; A33 slip road westbound exit lane closure; M271 northbound hard shoulder closure
  • 8pm to 6am closure - Monday, August 10, to Friday, August 14 - M271 southbound lane one closure; outer ring closure Redbridge Roundabout; lane two closure A33 westbound exit slip; lane to A35 eastbound exit slip; M271 northbound lane one closure
  • 24 hour closure - Monday, August 17, to Sunday, August 23 - M271 southbound narrow lanes; A33 eastbound narrow lanes; Redbridge Roundabout inner ring closure; lane closure A33 slip road westbound exit; M271 northbound hard-shoulder closure
  • 8pm to 6am closure - Monday, August 17, to Wednesday, August 19 - M271 southbound full closure at junction 1 including junction 1 southbound entry slip road; full closure north-east quadrant of Redbridge Roundabout; lane 2 closure A33 westbound exit slip
  • 8pm to 6am closure - Thursday, August 20, to Friday August 21 - M271 southbound lane 1 closure; full closure southern Gyratory of Redbridge Roundabout; Full Closure of A33 westbound exit slip road; Full closure of Old Redbridge Road at the junction of A33
  • 8pm to 6am closure - Saturday, August 22, to Sunday, August 23 - M271 southbound lane one closure; full closure of north-west quadrant of Redbridge Roundabout; full closure of M271 northbound between Redbridge Roundabout and junction 1; full closure of A35 eastbound exit slip road; full closure of Gover Road at the junction of Redbridge Roundabout