Traffic: Roads closed due to gas and water works

So far the roads across the area are pretty quiet, but there is heavy traffic in Kidderminster on A451 Stourport Road into town between Northumberland Avenue and A442 Worcester Road / Green Street / New Road.

There is also heavy traffic in Kingswinford on A491 Wolverhampton Road, Moss Grove and Market Street around Summer Hill from Wall Heath, while the usual congestion at the Burnt Tree traffic lights in Dudley and Birchley Island in Oldbury which is causing delays.

There are areas of planned roadworks which are causing delays, they include:

Speed restriction of 30 mph and one lane closed due to major roadworks and contraflow on M5 both ways between J1 (West Bromwich / Birmingham) and J2 (Oldbury). Work on the Oldbury Viaduct means that all traffic is sharing one side of the road as a contraflow.

There are also speed restriction of 20 mph in Pensnett due to roadworks and temporary traffic lights on A4101 High Street at High Oak.

In Oldbury electricity work and temporary traffic lights are in place on Tat Bank Road at Parsonage Street, while there is temporary traffic lights and gas main work on Throne Road in Rowley Regis at Buckingham Road.

There is telecoms work and temporary traffic lights going on in Catshill on B4185 Golden Cross Lane at Green Lane, and in Himley there is temporary traffic lights and electricity work in place on Bridgnorth Road at School Road / Himley Lane, opposite Windemere House.

Temporary traffic lights and water main work is in place in Kidderminster on A448 Comberton Hill both ways at Hoo Road – at the bottom of Station Hill near Tesco Express, while in Cookley, Lea Lane is closed due to roadworks between Castle Road and B4189 Wolverley Road.

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