Major road to close overnight

The junction of Brookside and Rugby Road in Hinckley will close overnight to allow for resurfacing works to take place from Monday 17th October.

The night-time closures will be in place between 8pm and 6am for approximately 10 nights.

Meanwhile permanent traffic lights are being installed and the pavements changed at the Hawley Road/ Rugby Road junction where a separate left hand turn only lane has been installed. 

Work to upgrade both the Hawley Road and Brookside junctions with Rugby Road started in April 2022.

You can find about more the rest of the scheme here: 

Rugby Road – Hawley Road  PDF

• Upgrading traffic signals and creating separate left turn, ahead and right turn lanes on the Hawley Road approach to Rugby Road. A single tree will be removed from the footway on Westfield Road to widen the road and create a right turn lane.
• It is also proposed to introduce a left turn ban from Westfield Road. This will enable more vehicles to travel through the junction from Westfield Road.

Rugby Road - Brookside  PDF

• The southbound left turn on Rugby Road will become an ahead and left turn lane.
• A two-lane merge into one lane will be created at the exit of the junction on Rugby Road.
• To retain all the trees in the grass bank along the southbound Rugby Road exit, a length of footway will be removed to accommodate the new lane.
• An additional dropped kerb pedestrian crossing point will be created on Rugby Road near the junction with Hillside Road.
• A toucan crossing is being provided across Brookside at the junction with Rugby Road to provide signal-controlled crossing times for cyclists and pedestrians.
• Improved right turn lane road markings are being provided for traffic turning into Brookside and Dudley Rise from Rugby Road.