Months of roadworks on one of the busiest routes out of North Wales have started to cause delays for commuters. Work on the A550 Welsh Road between Deeside and Capenhurst is expected to last 16 weeks and is being carried out by Redrow Housing. The works, which are on the English side of the border, have caused delays for many commuters from North Wales travelling to the Wirral and Liverpool. Temporary traffic lights were set up on the junction of the A550 and Ledsham Road on January 9 so that a permanent set of lights can be put in at the junction, with the works set to finish at the end of April. Drivers have also faced lengthy delays on another stretch of the same road at Gladstone Way, Hawarden, Queensferry, since November. The misery is expected to continue until the end of March while Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water carry out work on the mains. A spokesperson for Highways England said: “The developer has informed Highways England, Cheshire West and Chester Council and the police about the work, and is required to have someone available to manually override the temporary traffic lights during busy periods to tackle congestion.” A spokesperson for Redrow Homes (NW) said: “Installing new traffic lights is an essential part of the planning consent for our Ledsham Road development and is also a requirement of Highways England to improve safety on this busy road. "While we recognise there will be some inconvenience to road users while the new signalling is installed and up and running, our aim is to complete the work in the shortest possible timescale.”
The installation of traffic lights as part of Redrow Homes' Ledsham Road development is causing delays for motorists that are expected to last 16 weeks. The works are on the English side of the A550 Welsh Road, between Deeside and Capenhurst, and are causing delays for commuters travelling between North Wales and the Wirrall and Liverpool. A spokesperson for Redrow Homes said that the traffic lights are a requirement of Highways England to improve safety on the busy road.