August Update

Since the last update, a brief look at the progress so far:

• Completion of laying capping material.
• Vast majority of surface water drainage pipe work and new manhole completed.
• Kerbs from the existing roundabout footprint have now been removed.
• The new roundabout footprint is being constructed with 2 rings of kerbs for the inner kerb and outer overrun area.

There have been 3 significant finds in the roundabout footprint:

• Redundant road construction which had been built over when the roundabout was constructed in the 1960’s. Following testing and investigation it has been confirmed that this material can be used in the permanent construction which saves on sending material to land fill and vehicle movements to import material.
• Part of a redundant brick culvert has been dug out and filled in with concrete to remove the risk to new roads integrity.
• A soakaway has been found and is believed to be from the late 1800’s, fortunately this was not in the road construction, and has been backfilled.

A live tracking exercise was conducted with Stagecoach at Tangmere airfield. This involved setting out the new roundabout in its entirety with traffic cones, and allowing Stagecoach to complete a drive through exercise to ensure that the planned analysis of the busses’ turning circles undertaken at design stage was accurate. Concerns had been expressed by Stagecoach about busses turning out of West Street into Avenue De Chartres as it appeared to be tight on the drawings. However, the exercise proved that the turn was possible to do safely.

Further details can be found on Project updates and progress photos - Mildren Construction in the Community