Roundabout work to cause six months of disruption near airport
The Department of Infrastructure (DOI) previously said the new roundabout was "designed to improve traffic flow through the southern corridor, particularly around Balthane Industrial Estate and Ronaldsway Airport".
'Entire win'
Haywood told the Local Democracy Reporting Service it was a "major project" that was "going to cause disruption".She said the scheme had now been designed, and presented to the public, and the department had anticipated it would take "somewhere between six and nine months" to complete but they "were hoping it would be nearer to six".The minister said there were also "known issues over flooding" in the area, so work to "correct that drainage problem underneath" would take place at the same time to "create something that's fit for the future".Haywood said the completed scheme would be an "entire win for the people of Ballasalla village" as they would no longer see heavy vehicles travelling through its centre to access the industrial estate.She also confirmed the DOI had "a specialist looking at the best option for treating coal tar waste in the existing roundabout".But added it was set to be "used as a replacement for aggregate under the bypass road", following the ring fencing of further funding after the discovery of the hazardous substance.
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