From Thursday 2nd January to Monday 6th January 2025, Mill Road will be fully closed to all motor vehicles for water main repairs, at the junction with Kingston Street and Devonshire Road. A burst main on Mill Road, repaired on Friday 29th November 2024, caused low pressure for nearby premises. Cambridge Water Company are now back to fix it properly.
Vehicle diversion routes
Residents in the area, and their visitors, needing to drive to the streets on one side of the bridge or the other will already be familiar with diversionary routes since the implementation of the bus gate prohibitions on Mill Road Bridge. The one exception appears to be that vehicular access to Headly Street and Eagle Street (former Mill Road Depôt) will be over the bridge, from the Romsey side.
Bus routes
As a result of these works, Stagecoach’s citi 2 bus service will not be able to follow its usual route, diverting via East Road, Newmarket Road and Coldham’s Lane, thereafter following its normal route from Sainsbury’s to Addenbrooke’s.
A shuttle service run by an operator partner on behalf of Stagecoach, with funding from Cambridge Water Company, will run either side of the bridge to connect with the diverted Citi 2 service at Emmanuel Street, in the city centre, and Coldham’s Lane Sainsbury’s.
- For Romsey Town residents, your route to either Addenbrooke’s or to the city centre, Chesterton and Milton will be to use route 2B to Sainsbury’s and change to the diverted citi 2.
- For Petersfield (city side) residents, you route to the city centre, will be on route 2A. To Addenbrooke’s change to citi 1 or citi 7 in Emmanuel Street, to Chesterton and Milton change to the diverted citi 2.
Stagecoach have published the temporary timetables as two PDFs. Click the links below to view/download them.
And future roadworks?
To check on current roadworks use this link to Causeway one.network. To see your immediate area, use the location tool (small circle near the top left). To view upcoming works, you will need to create a (free) personal account.