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Nottingham Post
National
Peter Hennessy

Aerial footage shows progress of Gedling Access Road ahead of planned opening later this year

New aerial footage shows the progress of the Gedling Access Road ahead of its scheduled opening later this year.

Nottinghamshire County Council says the £40 million road is set to open in the Autumn, featuring three new roundabouts and 3.8km of asphalt.

Work originally began in January of last year.

New aerial footage, released by Nottinghamshire County Council, shows how the road is shaping up as construction continues on the huge project.

A spokesperson for Nottinghamshire County Council said: "Works on the new four-arm roundabout at the old Gedling Colliery yard have progressed well over the last month, with kerb laying now complete and much of the surface material laid.

"Moving slightly north, ground levels have been brought up to level at the new five-arm roundabout which will link GAR to Arnold Lane and the future Keepmoat development.

"This will allow construction teams to begin placing the road construction layers.

"Construction teams have now completed the installation of 650 soil nails to support a steep slope and allow the GAR carriageway to pass through a narrow land corridor and retain as much of the existing woodland as possible."

Earthworks have continued at Burton Road from the main cutting to the Burton Road junction. The ground has now been prepared to the new highway levels to allow drainage to be installed.

At the junction, landscaping works on the verges have begun.

Meanwhile, at Mapperley Plains, utility service diversion works have continued along with drainage works for the new junction - a new retaining wall at the corner of the Arnold Lane junction has also been completed.

Some drainage works have also been completed at Lambley Lane, with more continuing as work progresses.

A huge soil embankment has been created as part of the works, from Mapperley Plains and parallel to Arnold Lane - it will soon hold up the Gedling Access Road once work is finished.

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