Manor Royal Roadworks

From UK Power Networks, who own and operate the electricity in the area. There are mportant upgrade works we will be completing over the next few months, as part of a project to strengthen the network and maintain the reliability of the electricity supplies.

The work involves the installation of a new underground cable within the public highway and, in order to ensure the safety of the public and our engineers, we are required to carry out road closures which will involve traffic management. To keep disruption to a minimum we will be completing these in stages.

Stage 1 – 11^th  – 22^nd  May – Manor Royal

• Temporary three-way traffic lights will be in use at the entrance of Thales over the weekend of 16-17 May.
• A bus lane closure will be in place throughout these works.

Stage 2 – 1^st June-17^th June – London Road/Junction of Martyrs Avenue

• Lane closure will be in place on London Road
• A right-turn restriction into Martyrs Avenue will be in effect.
• Full weekend directional closures on Martyrs Avenue will take place on 6^th-7^th June and 13^th-14^th June only. After these dates, works will continue under lane restrictions.

Stage 3 – 10^th August – 3^rd September – Martyrs Avenue (near 171-173)/Junction with Garage Access Road.

• A full Road closure on Martyrs Avenue will be required from 10^th August – 20^th August. After this period, traffic will be managed using priority boards.

All works will be completed between 7am-7pm Monday to Saturday and 10am-6pm Sundays. We do not anticipate any issues with our customers electricity supplies during this time. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you have any queries regarding these works please contact our customer care team on 0800 028 4587 or care@ukpowernetworks.co.uk.

Temporary closure of London Road Northbound & Southbound, up to 5 nights from 23rd September 2026

The temporary closure is scheduled to commence on 23rd September 2026 for up to 5 days (it
is estimated to be completed on 24th September 2026) and is required for the safety of the
public and workforce while West Sussex County Council undertake overnight road closures of
both London Road, Northbound & Southbound for streetlighting maintenance in Gatwick Tunnel.

Roads closed from junction with Gatwick Road Roundabout and junction with M23 Gatwick slip road.
The restriction will be in place overnight only from 20:00 until 06:00

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