Diversions and bus service changes planned for busy Preston route as Skew Bridge completion works take shape
As works to widen Skew Bridge at Grimsargh near completion Preston Road will be closed from 10pm to 5.45am each night for resurfacing and lining from Wednesday this week.
Overnight closures will also take shape on Thursday and then from Tuesday, May 5, to the morning of Saturday, May 9.
Once the road reopens on Saturday, May 9 no further traffic management will be needed during the remaining work.
A signed diversion (including for HGVs) will be in place via Broughton, Goosnargh and Longridge. Local traffic can also use shorter routes.
Bus service changes
Some early/late services between Preston and Longridge will also be affected while the road is closed.
They are as follows:
Stagecoach Service 1 will not be able to serve Grimsargh during the closure.
From Longridge Post Office, services from 9.54pm onwards will divert via the A6 (Garstang Road) and Whittingham Lane.
From Preston Bus Station (from the 9.55pm departure onwards), two buses will run: one via the diversion route to Longridge, and one following the usual route to Red Scar/Crematorium before returning to Preston.
Please check you board the correct bus.
The 5.05am service from Preston will follow the diversion route to Longridge and will not serve Ribbleton or Red Scar.
Following the resurfacing, minor work (brickwork, footpaths, drainage and fencing) will continue until mid-June, but this will not affect Preston Road.