2017

SO8540 : The A4104 near Upton-upon-Severn Marina

taken 6 years ago, near to Ryall, Worcestershire, England

The A4104 near Upton-upon-Severn Marina
The A4104 near Upton-upon-Severn Marina
In the coming months this road is going to raised to prevent flooding, in the next couple of weeks preparatory work will take place with the removal of the hedge on the right. See the road with the hedge removed from the other direction here: SO8541 : Preparation work for raising the road

The hedge on the left was later removed when work commenced in February 2018. (Extra information added April 2018)
Roadworks to raise the A4104 at Upton-upon-Severn

The A4104 near the marina to the east of Upton-upon-Severn is being raised by a metre to prevent it from flooding. Work is being carried out on a 530-metre stretch of the road, the work will also include widening and the improvement of drainage. The section of the road immediately to the east of the bridge crossing the River Severn was raised in 2003; this part of the road crosses a viaduct which had to be replaced at the time due to the previous viaduct having to be replaced due to a structural weakness. At the time there wasn't sufficient funding to raise the entire length of road crossing the floodplain. Initial work took place in October 2017 when some of the hedge beside the road was removed. Roadworks to raise the road level began at the end of January 2018. The work was carried out in three phases, the first phase in the winter of 2018 involved raising the road nearest Upton, the second phase in the spring of 2018 being to raise the road at the eastern, Ryall section of the road. Worked ceased through the summer, with the third phase beginning in the autumn of 2018. The third stage involved constructing a temporary parallel road to divert the traffic while the old road was removed and the new raised carriageway constructed. This part of the work also included laying large drainage pipes as the road crosses a watercourse.


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Philip Halling   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 October, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 14 December, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 8567 4095 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:4.0040N 2:12.6274W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SO 8553 4090
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