MORE work and closures will be in place next week as part of a bid to improve Redbridge Roundabout.

Highways England will be starting work on Monday, October 5, to complement other junction improvement work at junctions 5 and 7 in a bid to improve journey times, reduce congestion and support local and strategic economic growth.

The Redbridge scheme comes after a six-month project to improve the nearby Millbrook Roundabout finished on April 7.

The scheme, set to cost between £8.5 million and £15.5 million, will add an extra lane to ease congestion for vehicles travelling from the motorway to the city centre and the port.

What work will take place?

Daily Echo:

  • Free-flow lanes are to be added from the M271 Southampton towards the port
  • Shared paths to be improved
  • A new footbridge will be installed
  • Signals that give buses priority are to be removed
  • Widening the Roundabout
  • Hundreds of new shrubs and trees to be planted
  • Roundabout to be resurfaced with new "low-noise" material

What closures will be in place?

Daily Echo:

  • 24 hour closure - Redbridge roundabout inner ring closure; lane closure A33 sliproad westbound exit - October 5 to 11
  • Day closure - Lane two closure A33 westbound exit slip and eastbound exit slip - October 5 to 6
  • 8pm to 6am closure - lane three closure M271 southbound; lane two closure A33 westbound exit slip; lane two closure A35 eastbound exit slip; inner ring closure Redbridge Roundabout - October 7
  • 8pm to 6am closure - lane two and three closure M271 southbound; full closure of Southern Gyratory Redbridge Roundabout; full closure A33 westbound exit sliproad; Full closure Old Redbridge Road - October 8 to 11
  • 24 hour closure - Redbridge Roundabout inner ring closure; lane closure A33 sliproad westbound exit - October 12 to 18
  • 8pm to 6am closure - full closure M271 southbound at junction 1 including southbound entry sliproad; full closure North Gyratory Redbridge Roundabout including M271 northbound; lane two closure A33 westbound exit slip; full closure A35 eastbound exit slip; full closure Gover Road - October 12 to 13
  • 8pm to 6am closure - lane three closure M271 southbound; lane two closure A33 westbound exit slip; lane two closure A35 eastbound exit slip; inner ring closure Redbridge Roundabout - October 14 to 16.