All traffic lights at the top of Church Street in Hartlepool are to be switched off and some roads c - Friday 10 May 2019

By Hartlepool Alert

All traffic lights at the top of Church Street in Hartlepool are to be switched off and some roads closed temporarily as part of ongoing town centre regeneration works. The measures will be introduced from Monday (May 13th) and are scheduled to remain in place for 10 weeks. They are required as part of the 1m worth of improvement works currently being carried out to Stockton Street by Hartlepool Borough Council. As a result, motorists heading north along Stockton Street (the A689) will not be able to fork left into Clarence Road or turn right into Church Street. Signed diversions will be in place at both the Burn Road (Tesco roundabout) and Park RoadHuckelhoven Way junctions. Southbound traffic will be unable to turn left into Church Street and signed diversions will be in place to direct vehicles along Maritime Avenue and over the level crossing at the bottom of Church Street. Traffic exiting Clarence Road and Church Street onto the A689 will only be able to turn left. Access to the transport interchange car park will be maintained but this will be via the railway station car park. Tony Hanson, Hartlepool Borough Councils Assistant Director (Environment and Neighbourhood Services), said The traffic lights switchoff and road closures are required to enable us to carry out works to reconfigure the whole Stockton StreetChurch StreetClarence Road junction. Signed diversions will be in place, but we would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience these works cause to motorists.

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