The first part of the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s (GCP) works recently concluded and involved:

• Shrinking the central island, to allow the carriageway to be widened so that there’s more space for cyclists and drivers
• Installing ducting for Light Blue Fibre as part of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Dig Once policy
• Putting in new signal columns ready for new traffic signals to be commissioned during the next phase of work. Temporary traffic signals will remain in place until then.

The second phase will mean closing the outer ring of the roundabout overnight Monday to Friday to widen the carriageway and install a new crossing on the Fendon Road arm. Permanent traffic signals will be reinstated during this phase.

The work is expected to take around 15 weeks and the roundabout will reopen fully each morning.

James Hostler, GCP project manager, said: “The first part of work on the roundabout has been completed on time and the team has worked really hard to minimise disruption whilst making sure that the project has reached this milestone.

“Through working with Cambridgeshire County Council, we’ve been able to secure road space to bring phase 2 of the construction forward and it’s great that we can deliver much-needed safety improvements at this key gateway to the city sooner than originally planned.

“When complete later this year, there will be more space for everyone using the roundabout making it safer for all road users. I’d like to thank everyone living near Addenbrooke’s roundabout, and those who travel around it, for their patience whilst we continue with these important safety improvements.”.

The GCP is working with CamCycle, as well as liaising with the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, regarding the memorial bike at the roundabout, to ensure its safe and sensitive removal while it is temporarily relocated during the phase 2 works.

Information about the GCP’s Addenbrooke’s roundabout project can be found at Addenbrooke's roundabout.