Night-time closures of Spalding Road, followed by a full closure of Enterprise Way, will start in mid-July.
Below is a list of upcoming traffic management relating to the ongoing Spalding Western Relief Road construction works*:
A week of night-time road closures on Spalding Road will start on Monday 18 July (subject to weather). These will be in place from 7pm to 6am for up to six evenings.
The diversion route for the Spalding Road closure will be via Spalding Road / B1180 / A16 / A151 / West Elloe Avenue / B1356, and vice versa.
A six-week 24/7 closure of Enterprise Way will be in place starting Friday 29 July.
The diversion route for the Enterprise Way closure will be via Enterprise Way / Benner Road / B1180 / Spalding Road, and vice versa
An alternative route will be via Enterprise Way / Benner Road / B1180 / A16 / A151 / West Elloe Avenue (A151) / Pinchbeck Road / Spalding Road, and vice versa.
Temporary traffic signals near the new roundabout’s north and south tie-ins will be in place from Monday 11 July until early September.
Narrowed lanes on Spalding Road will remain in place until mid-September 2022.
*Please note all dates and times are subject to weather.
Karen Cassar, assistant director for highways, said: “As part of the ongoing construction of the northern section of Spalding’s new relief road, we will be implementing further traffic restrictions in the area so the team can get the new roundabout built.
“These closures and other traffic management measures will, no doubt, cause some disruption for the travelling public in and around Spalding and Pinchbeck – but we’ll be doing everything we can to keep this to minimum, including making sure there is clear diversion route signage out for drivers to follow during the road closures.”
“And Enterprise Way businesses concerned about how the closure will affect them are encouraged to contact Eurovia’s public liaison officer.”
For more information about the Spalding Western Relief Road project, visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/swrr.
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He spent three days on the run
Gary Butcher. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A dangerous sex offender who went on the run from police for three days after absconding from an open prison in Lincolnshire pre-booked a taxi to make his escape, a court heard.
Gary Butcher, 55, who is serving a life sentence for burglary after being jailed in 1995, absconded from HMP North Sea Camp near Boston on May 31.
Police previously said that after further enquiries they could confirm that his previous offending also included a number of serious sexual offences towards women.
After appearing at Derby Crown Court, Butcher has now been ordered to serve an extra six months in jail.
Butcher flagged down a passing police car and approached an officer from Derbyshire Constabulary in the Swadlincote area of Derbyshire to hand himself in on June 3.
He was later charged with escape of lawful custody and was returned to a closed condition prison.
At the time Lincolnshire Police also said that a 56-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. The man was also an inmate at HMP North Sea Camp, but never left the prison himself and was returned to closed prison conditions.
Butcher has since pleaded guilty at Derby Crown Court to escaping lawful custody.
Prosecutor Adam Pearson told the court Butcher booked a taxi from his cell using an illegal mobile phone the night before he escaped, according to the BBC.
He then stole a bicycle from the prison just after midnight and rode to Boston where he was taken by the taxi to Coalville in Leicestershire.
He paid £150 for the journey with cash he had withdrawn earlier, the barrister said.
Butcher’s escape was only discovered when his cell was found empty the following morning.
Mr Pearson said Butcher absconded as he was worried he would be returned to a closed prison after losing his job on the prison farm.
Defence barrister Lewis Kerr disputed the reason for escape saying that his client had been shown indecent images by another prisoner and decided to abscond as he felt he could not report it to prison authorities.
Judge Penelope Stanistreet-Keen said the reason why Butcher left was “immaterial” and that him “being at large would cause consternation with the public”.
Raising over £30k for local charities
Teams outside Lincoln Rugby Club getting ready for the C2C2C cycle ride on June 30. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Over 500 riders took part in the annual C2C2C 100-mile bike ride across the county to raise over £30,000 for local charities and good causes.
All the entry donations from the 536 riders raised around £25,000 which will be donated to local charities. In addition, 24 riders raised an extra £9,000 sponsorship for St Barnabas Hospice in its 40th birthday.
The riders started the ride during the morning of Thursday, June 30 from Lincoln Rugby Club on Lodge Lane in Nettleham before taking in some of the area’s most beautiful landscapes in the Lincolnshire Wolds.
The team from Stokes Tea. Left to right – Darren Bavin, Nick Peel, Paul Coulson, Jack Pearce, and Crispin Victoria. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
They then headed to the coast at Saltfleet before the exhausted riders made their way back to Lincoln Rugby Club later the same day.
The cycling event known as Castle 2 Coast 2 Castle (C2C2C for short) happens ever year and the 2021 ride raised £30,000.
Members of the Stokes Tea & Coffee team were among the riders and kept the other cyclists caffeinated with coffee stations along the route too during what was a very successful event.
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