Warning for motorists as work due to start on busy junction near city

Work to improve the A64 Fulford Interchange, near York, will take place between February 4 and March 28.

Fulford Interchange is the junction of the A64 and the A19, two miles from the centre of York and is one of the busiest junctions in the city. The scheme aims to reduce queues at the interchange and prevent traffic queuing off the slip roads and onto the A64 main carriageway.

Improvements include installing traffic signals at the end of the A64 exit slip roads where they meet the A19 and reducing the speed limit on the A19 to 40mph through the junction. We will also be installing new barriers and clearing vegetation.

Highways Agency project manager, Steve Wright, said: “We are carrying out a range of improvements at Fulford Interchange which aim to improve safety at this site. By reducing the length of queuing traffic at the interchange, we will reduce the risk of accidents occurring in stationary traffic on the A64.”

During the work it will be necessary to close lanes and carriageways on the A19 and reduce the speed limit to 40mph. Full closures of the A64 exit slip roads will also be required; all lane and carriageway closures will take place overnight between 7pm and 6am to reduce any disruption to drivers.

A maximum of two slip roads will be closed at a time. During the slip road closures traffic will be diverted along the A64 to either Grimston or west Askham Bryan. When the A19 is closed between the two interchange roundabouts traffic will be diverted along the A64.

Works in verge and footway, which will cause little disruption to drivers, will be undertaken during the day, in off-peak periods where possible.

Access around Fulford Interchange will be maintained for pedestrians and cyclists at all times although cyclists may be asked to use the shared cycle/footway during road closures.