Motorists and the travelling public are being advised of changes to the traffic management arrangements at two roundabouts in Kingswood which are currently undergoing multi-million-pound improvement works.
As part of the scheme at Ennerdale Leisure Centre Roundabout, Ennerdale (north) will be closed from Thursday 21 May 2026 for around 10 weeks. The closure will apply between the Thomas Clarkson Way / Ennerdale junction and Littondale. However, Littondale will remain open throughout.
The closure will enable CityFibre to carry out essential diversion and disconnection works, which need to take place to allow the council’s contractor, CR Reynolds Ltd, to deliver road widening and drainage improvements as part of the scheme.
To minimise disruption, Northern Powergrid are also undertaking additional planned maintenance works during the same closure period. Carrying out these works concurrently removes the need for a separate closure of Ennerdale in the future. In addition, CR Reynolds Ltd will also use the closure to complete construction activities that cannot safely be undertaken under traffic management alone.
Following consultation with the city’s bus operators, a diversion route has been agreed to ensure that Sutton Park continues to receive an uninterrupted bus service.
One bus stop will be temporarily closed at Ennerdale (southbound), between the Thomas Clarkson Way / Ennerdale junction and the Sutton Road / Ennerdale junction.
The signed diversion routes, will be as follows:
Buses via:
- Holwell Road
- Nidderdale
- Littondale
(and vice versa, depending on direction of travel)
All other traffic:
- Ennerdale
- Bude Road
- John Newton Way
- Thomas Clarkson Way
(and vice versa, depending on direction of travel)
Chris Jackson, executive director of regeneration and partnerships at Hull City Council, said: “Working with our contractor, we have made significant progress on the Kingswood roundabout schemes since we started on site in February – including drainage works and the reprofiling of the nearby embankments in order to create the space needed to increase the capacity of the carriageway.
“The traffic management changes planned for May will enable utility providers to undertake diversion works before we start full construction of the carriageway widening, including surfacing and the installation of new kerblines and streetlighting.
“We’d like to thank our residents and businesses for their patience and understanding while these important works are carried out. We will continue to do all we can to minimise disruption on the network.”
In addition to the traffic management changes at the Ennerdale Leisure Centre Roundabout, changes will also be made as part of the Wawne Road / Bude Road Roundabout scheme.
The emergency access road through Foredyke Nature Reserve will be closed from 5pm on Friday 1 May 2026.
The northbound lane closure on Wawne Road has been lifted and the contractor is relocating to Holwell Road to undertake essential electrical diversion works.
The works will start on Thursday 30 April 2026 and will last for a week. There will be a southbound lane closure, followed by a northbound lane closure. A minor diversion route will be in place diverting all traffic via Wawne Road and Honiton Road.
On Friday 8 May 2026, the lane closures on Holwell Road will be lifted and a southbound lane closure on Wawne Road will be introduced.
To support bus users and motorists, the diversion route via the emergency access road through Foredyke Nature Reserve will be re-opened and reversed to run from Wawne Road to Bude Road.
To ensure the continued safety of pupils at Kingswood Academy, manned stop/go signs will remain in place on the emergency access road at 7.30-9am, 11.30am-1pm and 3-4pm.
HGVs will need to follow a diversion route via Bude Road, John Newton Way, Raich Carter Way, Barnes Way, Richmond Way, Grosvenor Road, Richmond Lane, Diversity Drive and Wawne Road.
For more information about these works, visit the project page on the Travel Hull website