Herefordshire, Temporary Road Closures Due To Maintenance & Improvement Works

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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTIONS 4(1),14(1)(a) AND (c), (4) AND (7)

THE A449 TRUNK ROAD AND THE A40 TRUNK ROAD (BRAMPTON ABBOTTS TO GANAREW) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited (Company No. 09346363) intends to make an Order on the A449 Trunk Road and the A40 Trunk Road, in the County of Herefordshire, to enable maintenance and improvement works, to be carried out in safety.

The works are expected to take place overnight between 19:00 and 06:00 (07:00 on Saturday and Sunday mornings) during a period starting on Friday 2nd January 2026 and ending on Wednesday 23rd December 2026.

The effect of the Order will be to impose prohibitions on the following lengths of carriageway:

(1) the circulatory carriageway of the roundabout junction with the M50, the A449 and the B4221 (Traveller’s Rest Roundabout), at Brampton Abbotts;

(2) the A449 southbound from its junction with Traveller’s Rest Roundabout, to its roundabout junction with the A40, Netherton Road and the B4234 Ledbury Road (Over Ross Roundabout), at Brampton Abbotts;

(3) the circulatory carriageway of Over Ross Roundabout;

(4) the A449 northbound from its junction with Over Ross Roundabout, to its junction with Traveller’s Rest Roundabout;

(5) the A40 westbound from its junction with Over Ross Roundabout, to its junction with the B4164, at Whitchurch;

(6) the A40 eastbound from its junction with the unnamed road leading to Ganarew (1500 metres northeast of the England/Wales border), to its junction with Over Ross Roundabout; and

(7) any lay-by, bus stop area or service road adjacent to the lengths of carriageway described in (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) above.

During any road closures traffic will be diverted via alternative junctions of the A449 and A40 Trunk Roads and local roads. These diversions will be clearly indicated by traffic signs throughout the area.

To obtain a copy of the A449 and A40 Programme of Works please contact the National Highways Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 or info@nationalhighways.co.uk

The duration of each prohibition will vary depending upon the nature of the work being undertaken on each occasion.

The prohibitions will not apply to emergency services, works, or winter maintenance vehicles. The prohibitions will only apply during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs.

The Order comes into force on 27 December 2025 and will expire on 23 December 2026.

Karen Eustace, an official of National Highways Limited, Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA

National Highways Limited, Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ.

Registered in England & Wales number 09346363.