Commencing today (February 18), a section of Waltham Park Road in Kingston will be reduced to single lane. The closure is to facilitate drainage improvement works on the roadway, between Delacree Lane and Howard Avenue. The restriction will be in effect for two weeks.
Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency, Stephen Shaw, explains that activities to be undertaken are in relation to the clearing of a blocked culvert. He says the work will include the cutting of the roadway to access the culvert, and then the cutting of the top of the 1800 mm culvert to allow for access to clear the blockage. A reinforced concrete catch basin will be constructed at the section of the culvert that was cut.
During the period of closure, persons entering Delacree Lane will have to use Howard Avenue. Persons heading to Hagley Park Road from Waltham Park Road may turn onto East Road then turn left onto Rainford Road and then onto Hagley Park Road.
The NWA is urging all road users to exercise caution when travelling within the construction zone and to obey the instructions of flag persons and posted warning signs.
