Manor Royal Highways Improvements, Crawley

Week 22 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused around all sections. Temporary lights remain in place. The bus stop (Manor Royal West) is now reopened. Construction of the widening, kerbs and drainage have all taken place. General tidying and topsoil around the site.

Look Ahead – Week 23

Road Closure Update: Overnight road closure from 14 to 26 July 2025 between 8 pm – 6 am. Works will be consisting of planning out the existing carriageway surface, carrying out repairs to the concrete slab below and installing a new, smooth tarmac surface. Diversion route will be signed on site. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Dayworks

• The road will be reopened, bus stops operating as normal.
• Traffic management will be altered on a daily basis depending on carriageway repairs that will need to be carried out.
• Repairs of the concrete carriageway will be continuing, Topsoiling the verges, installing new signage and starting to demobilise the site.

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

Week 21 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused around all sections. Temporary lights remain in place. The bus stop (Manor Royal West) is now reopened. Central island works in section 1 and Crawley Business Quarter completed this week, traffic signal upgrades have been continuing with the installation of new signals been carried out. Section 1 has progressed well with the excavations to formation and placing of type 1.

Road Closure Update: Overnight road closure for carriageway resurfacing works to start from 14 to 26 July 2025 between 8 pm – 6 am. Diversion route will be signed on site. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Look Ahead – Week 22

Week 20 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within sections 2. Temporary lights remain in place. The bus stop (Manor Royal West) is now reopened. Works on the eastern end of section 3, the central island at section 1 and works around the traffic signals controller and progressed well this week.

Look Ahead – Week 21

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

Week 19 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within sections 2. Temporary lights remain in place. The bus stop (Manor Royal West) remains closed. Works have continued around the bus stop, pedestrian crossing and working towards gate 1 with utilities successfully lowered. Works what also started on the southern western bus stop. Works here will only last a couple of days and the stop remains live and temporarily moved slightly east.

Look Ahead – Week 20 (Section 2)

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

Week 18 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within sections 2. Temporary lights remain in place. The bus stop (Manor Royal West) remains closed. Base and binder course have been laid and works at gate 1 with diversions of utilities underway.

Look Ahead – Week 19 (Section 2)

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

Week 17 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within sections 2. Temporary lights remain in place. The bus stop (Manor Royal West) is now closed, Kerb installation, type 1, drainage, and traffic signal works continue.

Look Ahead – Week 18 (Section 2)

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

Week 16 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within sections 2. Temporary lights remain in place. The bus stop (Manor Royal West) is now closed, excavations continue with type 1, drainage, and traffic signal works continue.

Look Ahead – Week 17 (Section 2)

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

Week 15 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within section 2 and 3. Temporary lights remain with some minor layout changes. Traffic signal ducting is currently being installed on the southern side of section 3 whilst in section 2 is being excavate to formation for the new bus lane with drainage works and the placing of type 1. The bus stop within section 2 remains open. However, will be closed from 27 May 2025.

Look Ahead – Week 16 (Section 3 and section 2)

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

WSCC appreciate your patience and cooperation as work progresses on the Manor Royal project. The bus lane to the southern side of Manor Royal has been suspended to facilitate construction activities which are currently carried out with traffic management in place to utilise the northern lane as a running lane for the machinery and providing a safety zone.

Week 14 Summary

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within section 2 and 3. Temporary lights remain with some minor layout changes. Traffic signal ducting is currently being installed on the southern side of section 3 whilst in section 2 is being excavate to formation for the new bus lane with drainage works and the placing of type 1. The bus stop within section 2 remains open. However, will be closed from 27 May 2025

Look Ahead – Week 15 (Section 3 and section 2)

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.

This week, the contractors have been focused mainly within section 3 and making a start in section 2. Temporary lights remain with some minor layout changes and more changes being made over the coming days as working areas move. Aiming to keep traffic moving safely with minimum impact. Base and binder tarmac layers have been installed in Section 3 with works behind the kerbs continuing.

Base and binder tarmac layers have been installed in Section 3 with works behind the kerbs continuing in Manor Royal, Crawley

Look Ahead – Week 14 (Section 3 and section 2)

• Traffic Management Implementation: A designated running lane will remain in place to allow construction plant and dumpers to operate within the working area, reducing the need for vehicular movements on verges. Bus lane suspension of the bus lane up to Faraday road to simplify traffic flow. Temporary lights will remain in place.
• Section 3: Maintenance bay and other works within the verge will continue.
• Section 3 South: TM will be altered and ducting works will start in the verge for the pedestrian crossing.
• Section 2: Excavations to formation levels for the bus lane.
• Section 2 Bus Stop: The bus stop will remain open for as long as possible, working on the east and west sides to reduce the duration of impact to anyone using the service.
• Pedestrian Access: The pedestrian crossing within Section 3 will remain closed however, alternative crossing points to the East and West will remain fully operational.

We remain committed to ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining safety standards throughout the duration of the project. Thank you for your continued support.