Nearby road closures at Sandwell this weekend

September 21, 2021

We must remind colleagues that this weekend there will be road closures near Sandwell Hospital and the surrounding area for the Elrow Midlands Festival on Saturday 25 September and Sunday 26 September.

Colleagues should allow extra time when travelling to and from Sandwell on these dates.

Note: We have been assured by Sandwell Council that emergency vehicles and carers will be able to access our sites at all times.

A fully managed event traffic management plan has been developed for the events which includes measures to ensure community impact is minimised where possible while ensuring the safety of event visitors.

The roads which will be affected by the event traffic management are as follows:

Salter’s Lane
Warstone Drive
Devonshire Drive
Woodward Street
Slaithwaite Road
Kiniths Way
Lyndon Grove
Kiniths Crescent
Hallam Drive
Hallam Close
Little Lane
New Street North
Park Crescent
Christina Court
Summer Street
Stoney Lane
St Clements Lane
Taylors Lane
Sandwell Road West
Albion Field Drive
Grafton Road
Sheridan Street
Graham Road
Lloyd Street
Dagger Lane
Church Vale
Parsonage Street
Holyoak Street
Lyndon Grove
Cottrell Street
Lewisham Street
Temple Meadows Road
Europa Avenue
St Augustus Close
St Caroline Close
St Eleanor Close
St John’s Close
St Kenelm’s Close
St Edmund Close
St David’s Close
St Benedict’s Close
Priory Close
St Christopher Close
St Cuthbert’s Close
At Valentine’s Close
St Martin’s Close
Offini Close
St James Close

There will also be a number of roads closed during the evening of all events to ensure event visitors are able to leave the venue safely. The following roads are closed from 9pm to 12 midnight on both weekends.

Walsall Street
Reform Street
Seagar Street
Hallam Street
Lloyd Street
Dagger Lane
Church Vale (Dagger Lane – Parsonage Street)
Cooper Street
Park Street
Treddles Lane

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