Nottingham City Council will be investing Local Transport Plan funding from Central Government to improve Bull Close Road and its pavements. This road provides access to businesses in the Dunkirk Industrial area but is currently not part of the adopted highway network.

 What’s happening:

Between January 2026 and November 2026, works will include:-

• Reconstruction of roads and pavements
• Installation of new street lighting
• Improved accesses to business premises
• Informal pedestrian crossing points introduced with tactile paving
• Improved drainage, including replacement of a 100m section of surface water main

Once all works have been completed, a new 20mph speed limit will be in place and no waiting at any time restrictions in areas that currently have no parking restrictions.

Phasing and Access

To maintain business and pedestrian access, works will be delivered in 10 phases under rolling road closures. Each phase will include kerb, drainage, and pavement reconstruction.

• Phase 1: Thane Road to Aston Martin access
• Phase 2: Aston Martin access to Goodman Retail northern access
• Phase 3: Goodman Retail to PowerPark northern access
• Phase 4: PowerPark northern access to Imperial Tobacco
• Phase 5: Imperial Tobacco to Sunbelt Rentals*
• Phase 6: Sunbelt Rentals to JK Foods HGV access
• Phase 7: JK Foods HGV access to JK Foods Customer entrance
• Phase 8: JK Foods Customer entrance to JK Foods Customer exit
• Phase 9: JK Foods Customer Exit to ZF access
• Phase 10: ZF access to Redfield Road

Vehicle access to all businesses will be maintained throughout however there will be diversions in place – these will be clearly signed on site and updates will be provided regularly.

Progress Update

October 2026

Final phase of Bull Close Road improvement works to begin

The final phase of improvement works on Bull Close Road will begin on Monday 19 October, with major resurfacing works taking place between the junctions of Redfield Road and Thane Road.

The works are expected to take around three weeks to complete. Work will start at the Redfield Road junction and progress towards Thane Road.

To minimise disruption during the day, works will be carried out overnight between 7pm and 6am under temporary road closures. Access to properties will be maintained throughout the works via signed diversion routes as work moves along the road.

During the first two weeks, the existing road surface will be removed and a temporary surface installed. Bull Close Road will reopen each morning at 6am so that businesses can continue to access the area during the day.

Temporary two-way traffic signals will also be in place at the junction of Redfield Road and Bull Close Road during the week commencing 26 October to allow works to be completed safely at the junction.

The final layer of surfacing will be laid from Wednesday 4 November with work progressing from Thane Road back towards Redfield Road. These works will also be carried out overnight under road closures, with signed diversion routes in place.

All work is scheduled to be completed by Friday 13 November.

We appreciate that these works may cause some temporary inconvenience and would like to thank businesses and road users for their patience while these essential improvements are completed. Every effort will be made to complete the works as quickly as possible.

March 2026

Good progress has been made on the pavement reconstruction works, including upgrades to drainage using new kerb systems designed to remove water from the road more efficiently.  On the east side, the pavement has now been rebuilt between Thane Road and Sunbelt Rentals. Final surfacing will be completed once the new lighting columns have been installed.  On the west side, between Imperial Tobacco and Arnold Clark, the kerbs are being replaced with higher kerbs to help prevent vehicles from parking on the grass verge. These works are expected to be completed by 6 March.

Contact Information

For further information, please contact [email protected].

For urgent on-site issues during the surfacing works, please contact James Knowles on 07889 232976.