Kirkland Enhancement Scheme

Thank you for your patience and understanding during the Kirkland Enhancement Scheme improvement works. The Scheme is progressing to budget and lighting and footway improvements will be complete by the end of March.

The programme of works has slipped slightly by one week due to cold weather conditions and also to allow for delayed delivery of lighting columns and for United Utilities to connect up the new streetlights. The enhancement works will now complete on Friday 19th March as planned and United Utilities will complete their work during the following week and will finish on Friday 26th March.

There will be some disruption when United Utilities revisit areas on both sides (Wheatsheaf to Gillinggate and Dowker’s Lane to Peppercorn Lane) to connect and replace the lighting columns. The other area for new lighting is the Parish Church to Nether Bridge (west side only) and it is planned that the columns will be erected as the new paving is being installed.

In a change to our original plan new block paving will be installed along the west side of Kirkland from Peppercorn Lane to Pete Bland Sports. The existing block paving was to be kept but now compared to the new paved areas it looks tired and worn. Whilst the lane is closed to allow works near the Parish Church and we have funds available we will install new paving.

Finally the road in Kirkland could operate as two lanes after Peppercorn Car Park but County Highways have kept the road to one lane as Highgate is currently operating as one lane due to the fire. Current traffic management helps ease congestion in Highgate so Kirkland will remain one lane until the works are complete.