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05 May 2017

Woodside Link / HRN2 2017


    

1. East of the Frogmore Rd - Wheatfield Rd footpath

2. Community Orchard. 
West of the Frogmore Rd - Wheatfield Rd footpath

3. From the end of Pastures Way.
Enough of a gap to get a car through there!

4. To the left the old route to Parkside Drive,
to the right, the new path leading to roundabout.

5. From Pastures Way path westwards.

6. View to the north.

7. View to the north west

8. Wider view to the north west

9. View towards Luton from the 'corner' roundabout.

10. Another view towards Luton.

11. Water retention pond, view towards M1

12. View due south

13. View due west towards Houghton Park, Parkside.

14, View to north east

15. Roundabout to serve  area east of present
Parkside estate. View south towards Pastures Way.

16. View from (15 Roundabout) north easterly.

17. View from (15 Roundabout) easterly.

18. Houghton Brook (River Lea) from wooden
bridge near (15 Roundabout)

19. Houghton Brook (River Lea) the wooden bridge near (15 Roundabout)

20. Parkside Drive Link road nearing completion.



      







30 October 2016

Houghton Regis Roundabout Reconstruction

Work began in earnest to rebuild the roundabout guarding the southern entrance into Houghton Regis on Saturday morning 22/10/2016

A series of 9 cement trucks queued up to deposit their first few loads that helped to raise the levels on the southern side. By Saturday, 29th, they were laying some of the final tarmac layers, and on Sunday 30th Oct all that remained to be done was the white-lining and some tarmac up to Wheatfield Rd. During the nine-day closure, a team of 25 workers used 300 cubic metres of concrete and 2,000 tonnes of tarmac to reshape the roundabout so it connects properly with the Woodside Link road.

A pedestrian route was available close to the roundabout starting on the West side of Park Rd North, and going round to Poynters Rd and Wheatfield Rd.

The "A" bus service into Dunstable, Stanton Rd (for a 700m walk to the hospital), Luton, and Luton Airport was extended to loop down Parkside Drive, Park Rd North, Sandringham Drive, Windsor Drive.

Now completed, Wheatfield Road is a cul-de-sac, with access via a new junction onto the Woodside Link. The new roundabout is to be completely re-landscaped with new shrubs, bulb planting, four trees and grass.

For more information and answers to questions: Woodside Link Facebook Page

All Photos: ©Alan Winter. Click to enlarge.

     


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