Vital repair work to the A40 Westway in both directions between the Westway roundabout and the Marylebone flyover will be completed today, allowing the structure to be reopened to all traffic overnight. The A40 Westway is one of the busiest strategic routes on TfL’s road network, used by up to 96,000 vehicles a day. To keep the A40 Westway and surrounding road network running safely and reliably, the works and associated road closures were planned to minimise disruption as much as possible.
Parts of the structure reached the end of their service life, and TfL and partners have been carrying out renewal works for a number of years to ensure that people using the A40 have safe and reliable journeys. This phase of work involved replacing two joints on the Marylebone Flyover A40 Westway that allow the flyover to safely expand and contract with temperature changes and vehicle movements. This complex and specialist work, which will finish within the committed timescale, required a full carriageway closure.
The closure has also been used to carry out other works that will reduce the need for future works and disruption, including resurfacing over a kilometre of carriageway in both directions, and carrying out drainage maintenance.
Following the opening of the A40 full closure, small-scale weekend works will take place to carry out further improvement works. These works will start on Friday 24 April and take place over four weekends, finishing in June – a month ahead of schedule. They will be much more localised than the full closure. For detail on the closures, visit www.tfl.gov.uk/westway. Please check before you travel. The latest status updates on how London’s roads are running and information on public transport can be found on the TfL website or TfL Go app.
Stuart Harvey, TfL’s Chief Capital Officer, said: “We’re pleased to confirm that the A40 Westway will be open to the public from this evening. We know the full closure has caused disruption, and I’d like to thank road users and local communities for their patience while this essential work was completed to one of London’s busiest routes.”
