Junction 32/Xscape diversions

[SF07]

Roadworks in the area will see services 134, 135, 136, 137, 183, 410 and X62 diverted from Monday 1st March until late 2010.

Service 134, 135, 136, 137 and 183 towards Castleford: via Colorado Way, Tomahawk Trail, Colorado Way and Leeds Road, stopping at temporary stops on Tomahawk Trail opposite the permanent bus stops but not stopping at stops adjacent to Tulip Inn & Glasshoughton Rail Station and on Park Road and Front Street.

Service 134, 135, 136, 137 and 183 towards Pontefract: Buses will not be able to serve Xscape between 7am-7pm Monday-Saturday and 9am-5pm Sundays. Buses will run via Leeds Road, Front Street and Park Road and a shuttle bus is available to connect. During the evening, service 135 will serve the new stops opposite the permanent stops on Colorado Way and Tomahawk Trail.

Service 410 will run via Park Road, Front Road and Leeds Road in both directions during the day and will serve the new stops opposite the permanent stops on Colorado Way and Tomahawk Trail in the evenings, during which journeys towards Leeds will operate via the Skills Xchange and not serve Park Road and Front Street

Service X62 will pick up and alight on Park Road (northbound stop) for journeys in both directions

www.wymetro.com/news/releases/100224-xscape
www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/4D4FDDB2-19BC-4C7B-9FA2-E639138F7419/0/TravelGuideJunction321.pdf

[Jack]

The days of being thrown about on an MPD going along Colorado Way is numbered!

[Craig]

Are these works to sort out the shockingly bad road surface on entering the complex from the M62 and whatever the underlying cause of this is. I sincerely hope so because that stretch of road has been dreadfully bouncy for a while!

[www.buseireann.ie]

Yes according to Wakefield Council some steel slack (or something similar sounding) was used as a road material. This stuff got too wet, expanded and so knackered the road! This material is also used on Denby Dale Road around Sainsbury's and the retail parks, so more disruptive works to be expected here as well. A headache awaits at some time in the future because I bet Wakefield Council have used this stuff on many roads over the years!

[timelesstable]

I thought it was Steel "Slag", which was used in the road foundations and the sub-structure expanded in an uneven manner when the water got in. Steel Slag had been used extensively in road foundations for years and is OK provided it doesn't get too wet.

These two roads, this one and the one in Wakefield, will require this material to be totally removed and the foundations replaced hence the proposed 38 week road closure at the J32 Outlet.