A number of traffic restrictions for the Forder Valley Link Road works were lifted at the beginning of September and drivers will once again be able to travel from Novorossiysk Road onto Forder Valley Road West.
Temporary lights at the junction have been removed and the new signals switched on – although the council advise that this may take time to get the configuration and timings right.
Extra lanes will be opened up throughout the day, with two lanes in most directions, as well as the new slip road from Forder Valley Road South onto Forder Valley Road West.
Drivers travelling from Leigham Roundabout will be able to turn left onto the slip road (there is a ‘give way’ restriction at the end) and towards Crownhill or, if they are heading towards Asda, use one of two right turning lanes onto Novorossiysk Road.
Drivers travelling from Crownhill along Forder Valley Road West will have two lanes onto Novorossiysk Road (towards Asda) and two right-turning lanes onto Forder Valley Road South (towards Leigham Roundabout).
Traffic from Novorossiysk Road will have two lanes to continue straight onto Forder Valley Road West (towards Crownhill) and two left-turning lanes onto Forder Valley Road South (towards Leigham Roundabout).
The two lanes heading north from Forder Valley Road South towards the new link road will be closed until the link road opens. The left-turn lane from Forder Valley Road West and the right-turn lane from Novorossiysk Road onto the new link road will be for access to Poole Farm only.
Both the Forder Valley Link Road and Forder Valley Interchange schemes are now ‘wrapping up’ and most of the traffic management is expected to be removed mid- September, at which time the speed limit will also revert back to 40mph.
The link road will remain closed until Persimmon Homes have completed certain works on the Palmerston Heights development in Derriford.
This includes widening Pintail Way (the main access road to and from the development) to provide two northbound lanes and a southbound lane connecting to the new link road.
The roundabout at the top of Pintail Way is also being upgraded to a signalised junction with pedestrian crossings and the eastbound side of the connecting section of William Prance Road will be widened to create a second lane.
The Persimmon Homes’ scheme design can be viewed at planning.plymouth.gov.uk/online-applications (reference number 17/01339/FUL).
Persimmon Homes hope to complete their works in late October, at which point it will be possible to safely open the new link road – which will be named Platinum Parkway in recognition of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
