Major road works at Elmers End from July to September 2019 – changes to traffic flow

Major road works to replace gas mains along Croydon Road at the junction with Elmers End Road.

The first phase (22 July to around 5 August) will close the eastbound carriageway at the lights at the junction of Elmers End Road and Croydon Road  – outside Tesco and the bus stop, the straight ahead lanes that go down to one lane past the lights towards The Green. All traffic from Croydon will use the left filter lane into Elmers End Rd and be diverted towards Aldi at the “other” Croydon Rd at the Penge end. Traffic from Elmers End Rd will not be able to turn right into Croydon Road but will have to turn left and go round the Green to get to Croydon – the westbound carriageway of Croydon Road will be unaffected.

The second phase (due 5 August to 26 August ) will close the road from the traffic lights at the junction going towards the Green. So traffic from Croydon will still have to turn left into Elmers End Road and be diverted via Penge. Traffic from Elmers End Road will not be able to turn left into Croydon Road towards the Green. This traffic will have to go to the Tesco roundabout and back to Elmers End Road , then back to Aldi at Croydon Rd at the Penge end.

The third stage (2 September to 16 September) is closure of the right hand lane at Elmerside, the one running alongside The Green, opposite the houses, from Upper Elmers End Road to Croydon Road. Traffic will not be able to turn right towards Beckenham.

All during this work, the west bound carriageway from the Green towards Croydon will be open and traffic will be able to turn right into Elmers End Road. For the first two stages 22 July to 26 August there will be temporary traffic lights at the junction of Elmers End Road and Croydon Road.

Leaflets with details of the work will be distributed to households near the area, but visitors to Tesco from further afield  might get a big surprise.

 

Details on how bus services will be affected have yet to be confirmed by TfL.   The 54 from the interchange should be affected only during the middle phase, but during that is likely to have to get into Beckenham via Penge. The 289 from the interchange is likely to be diverted only around the Green on its way to Croydon.  The 367 is likely to have the biggest diversion round Penge for the first two phases. The 356 will be affected in the middle phase. The 194 and 358 will be diverted for the last phase.