Roadworks, temporary road closures and restrictions

Information on current and forthcoming roadworks planned to take place across the borough.

You can search for roadworks, or report roadworks issues, via Rochdale Council:

• www.rochdale.gov.uk/roadworks
• Email highways@rochdale.gov.uk
• Phone 0300 303 8879 (between Monday-Friday 8.30am-5.30pm)

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Bridge replacement work on M62

Castleton bridge, which is almost 60 years old and carries the main railway line over the M62 between Manchester and Rochdale, is being demolished and replaced with a new bridge.

The M62 motorway will be closed in both directions from 9pm Friday 6 September to 6am on Monday 9 September, and from 9pm on Friday 20 September to 6am on Monday 23 September.

It’s important to note that there will also be nightly – 9pm to 6am – closures of the motorway in both directions between the two weekend closures. These closures will be in place every night until the second weekend closure of the motorway.

Read more: Important travel information ahead of motorway and rail closures this weekendPublished: 04 September 2024

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Rochdale: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Bruce Street
Expected start and finish: 8am-6pm each day, Wednesday 14 August 2024 – Wednesday 4 September 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Bruce Street will be temporarily closed for its entire length.
Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Chatburn Avenue
Expected start and finish: 8am-6pm each day, Wednesday 14 August 2024 – Wednesday 4 September 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Chatburn Avenue will be temporarily closed for its entire length.
Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Gipsy Lane
Expected start and finish: 8am-6pm each day, Wednesday 14 August 2024 – Wednesday 4 September 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of a section of Gipsy Lane. This will be from its junction with Manchester Road to its junction with Royle Barn Road.
Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface roads in Bamford
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Thursday 15 August 2024 – Thursday 5 September 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Rouse Street, for its entire length.
• Disley Street, for its entire length.
• Oulder Hill Drive, from outside Number 32 Oulder Hill Drive to a point 40 metres away in a north easterly direction.
• Greenwich Close, for its entire length.
• Chepstow Close, for its entire length.

Alternative route:The alternative route for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Corbett Street and surrounding roads
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Friday 16 August 2024 – Wednesday 18 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads. Each road will be closed for its entire length.

• Corbett Street
• Aboukir Street
• George Street
• Medley Street

Alternative route: Alternative routes will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Brooks End
Expected start and finish: 8am-6pm each day, Monday 19 August 2024 – Monday 9 September 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Brooks End will be temporarily closed for its entire length.
Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Keepers Drive
Expected start and finish: 8am-6pm each day, Monday 19 August 2024 – Monday 9 September 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Keepers Drive will be temporarily closed for its entire length.
Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Kendal Avenue
Expected start and finish: 8am-6pm each day, Monday 19 August 2024 – Monday 9 September 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Kendal Avenue will be temporarily closed for its entire length.
Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface roads in Passmonds, Meanwood and Spotland
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Wednesday 21 August 2024 – Wednesday 11 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Baildon Road, for its entire length.
• Phoenix Street, for its entire length.
• Churchill Street, from its junction with Rooley Moor Road to a point 160 metres in a southerly direction.
• Clarkes Lane, from its junction with Spotland Road to a point 395 metres in a north easterly direction.

Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation. Pedestrian access won't be affected.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface some roads in Kingsway
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Sunday 1 September 2024 – Sunday 22 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Higher Wheat Lane
• Lower Wheat End
• Newbold Moss
• Thornbush Way
• Tollgate Way
• Upper Hayes Close
• Waterside Lane

The full length of each road will be shut during the closure.

Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed when the closures are in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Sparrow Hill and Lower Tweedale Street
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Monday 2 September 2024 – Monday 23 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads for their entire length:

• Sparrow Hill
• Lower Tweedale Street

Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation. Pedestrian access won't be affected.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface roads around Fieldway
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Wednesday 4 September 2024 – Wednesday 25 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Fieldway
• Perth Road
• Everest Street

Each of the above streets will be shut for their entire length during the closures.

Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed when the closures are in operation.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Burwell Close
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Wednesday 4 September 2024 – Friday 6 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of Burwell Close for its entire length.
Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles will be signed when the closure is in operation. Pedestrian access won't be affected.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface some roads in Kingsway
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Monday 9 September 2024 – Monday 30 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Crawford Street, for its entire length
• Bilberry Street, for its entire length
• Morningside Close, for its entire length
• Crowther Street, for its entire length
• Sedgley Avenue, from its junction with Crowther Street to its junction with Weston Avenue

Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation. Pedestrian access won't be affected.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To resurface Mere Street
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Wednesday 11 September 2024 – Wednesday 2 October 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of Mere Street, for its entire length.
Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation. Pedestrian access won't be affected.

Area: Rochdale
Reason: To hold the Milaad Procession.
Expected start and finish: 2pm–5.30pm on Sunday 15 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Aboukir Street, for its entire length
• Ramsay Street, from its junction with Aboukir Street to its junction with Trafalgar Street
• Trafalgar Street, from its junction with Ramsay Street to its junction with South Street
• South Street, from its junction with Trafalgar Street to its junction with East Street
• East Street, from its junction with South Street to its junction with Yorkshire Street
• Yorkshire Street, from its junction with East Street to its junction with Regent Street
• Regent Street, for its entire length
• Taylor Street, from its junction with Regent Street to its junction with Foxholes Road
• Foxholes Road, from its junction with Taylor Street to its junction with Foxholes Close

Alternative route: The closure of the above streets will be a rolling closure as the procession moves along. Due to the nature and duration of the event, it is not necessary for alternative routes to be in place.

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Middleton: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Middleton
Reason: To carry out bridge works - Boothroyden Road
Expected start and finish: Monday 12 August 2024 – Monday 11 August 2025.
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of a section of Boothroyden Road. This will start at a point 34 metres south of its junction with Boothroyden Close and continue for a distance of 27 metres in a southerly direction.
Alternative route: There is no alternative route for vehicles.

Area: Middleton
Reason: A building on Market Place has become unsafe
Expected start and finish: Friday 23 August 2024 – Friday 13 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of a section of Market Place. This starts at its junction with Townley Street and continues to its junction with Long Street.
Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles will be signed on site.

Area: Middleton
Reason: To resurface the footpath on Broughton Close
Expected start and finish: 9am–4pm each day, Monday 9 September 2024 – Friday 18 October 2024 as required.
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of Broughton Close, from its junction with Millbeck Road to its end in a north easterly direction.
Alternative route: There is no alternative route for vehicles.

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Heywood: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Heywood
Reason: To carry out required works to pavement and road on the Queens Park Road bridge and help traffic flow.
Expected start and finish: January 2024 – December 2024.
Restriction and location:

• Introduce one-way working in a northerly direction along Queens Park Road, from its junction with Heywood Hall Road to its junction with Bury and Rochdale Old Road.
• Introduce one-way working in a southerly direction along Bamford Road from its junction with Bury and Rochdale Old Road to its junction with Heywood Hall Road.

Alternative routes:

• The alternative route for vehicles wishing to travel along Queens Park Road in a southerly direction from Bury and Rochdale Old Road to its junction with Heywood Hall Road is via Bury and Rochdale Old Road (B6222), Bamford Road, Market Place, York Street (A58) and Queens Park Road.
• The alternative route for vehicles wishing to travel along Bamford Road in a northerly direction from its junction with Heywood Hall Road to Bury and Rochdale Old Road is via Bamford Road, Market Place, York Street (A58), Queens Park Road and Bury and Rochdale Old Road.

Area: Heywood
Reason: To repair a leaking water main on Fox Street
Expected start and finish: Tuesday 20 August 2024 – Tuesday 10 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of a section of Fox Street. This will start at its junction with Hill Street and continue to a point 36 metres away in an easterly direction.
Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles is Hill Street, Mary Street, Taylor Street and Fox Street.

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Pennines: temporary local road closures and restrictions

Area: Pennines
Reason: To resurface some roads in Smallbridge
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm, Tuesday 27 August 2024 – Tuesday 17 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Steps Meadow, for its entire length.
• Bellshill Crescent, from its junction with Albert Royds Street to a point 50 metres away in a north easterly direction.

Alternative route: The alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closures are in operation.

Area: Pennines
Reason: To resurface some roads in Wardle & Littleborough
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm, Tuesday 27 August 2024 – Tuesday 17 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Kings Grove
• Queens Avenue
• Heath Road
• Brookfield Drive

Each of these roads will be closed for their entire length during the times listed above.
Alternative route: Alternative routes for vehicles will be signed on street when the closures are in operation.

Area: Pennines
Reason: To resurface some roads in Littleborough Lakeside
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Wednesday 28 August 2024 – Wednesday 18 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Wood Bank Road, for its entire length.
• Milbury Drive, for its entire length.
• Rakewood Road, from its junction with Bear Hill to a point 210 metres away in a north westerly direction.

Alternative route: The alternative routes will be signed on street when the closures are in operation.

Area: Pennines
Reason: To resurface some roads in Milnrow and Newhey
Expected start and finish: 8am–6pm each day, Saturday 31 August 2024 – Saturday 21 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of the following roads:

• Raines Crest
• Pearson Close
• Bealcroft Close
• Whitfield Crescent

Each road will be closed for its entire length during the closure. Pedestrian access won't be affected.
Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles will be signed on street when the closure is in operation.

Area: Pennines
Reason: To carry out maintenance work on the railway level crossing on Smithy Bridge Road
Expected start and finish: 7am–7pm, Sunday 15 September 2024
Restriction and location: Temporary closure of part of Smithy Bridge Road. This will start at a point 15 metres north west of the railway level crossing and end at a point 40 metres away in a south easterly direction.
Alternative route: The alternative route for vehicles will be Smithy Bridge Road, Milnrow Road, Wildhouse Lane, Kiln Lane, Bridge Street, Rochdale Road, Milnrow Road, Albert Royds Street, Halifax Road and Smithy Bridge Road.