Jock's Lodge roundabout opens fully on Friday evening

The traffic restrictions on the A1079 at Jock’s Lodge come off on the evening of Friday 11 September. East Riding of Yorkshire Council says that opens the new roundabout and all its approaches in full, two and a half years after work began. (East Riding of Yorkshire Council)

Updated 1 October: the scheme’s own traffic management page now says the restrictions have been removed from the A164 as well, and the full scheme opened to traffic on Saturday 26 September. Work continues around it, including removing the site compound and more landscaping. (A164 and Jock’s Lodge scheme, traffic management, checked 1 October 2026) Our East Riding roadworks page has what is still shut.

It is not the end of the job. The council says the remaining restrictions on the A164 will be lifted “in the coming weeks”, and only then is the scheme fully open. Its own scheme site gives the same wording and dates the update 11 September. (A164 and Jock’s Lodge scheme, traffic management)

One thing that will not change on Friday. Restrictions stay on the A1079 towards Kingswood. Those are National Grid’s works and have nothing to do with Jock’s Lodge, a point the council makes itself in the announcement. If your route into Hull runs that way, expect the same delays on Monday morning as last week.

What £86.9 million bought

The scheme is the largest construction project East Riding of Yorkshire Council has ever carried out. The money came from two places: £40.7 million from the Department for Transport and £46.2 million from the council.

The work itself covers about 4km of the corridor between Beverley and Cottingham:

• the old Jock’s Lodge traffic-light junction is gone, replaced by a roundabout on the A1079 Hull to York road
• a new link road from that roundabout to the Lincoln Way and Minster Way roundabout at Beverley, with northbound and southbound links down to the A164 near Coppleflat Lane
• the A164 dualled between Coppleflat Lane and the B1233 Harland Way roundabout at Cottingham
• a new Dunflat Road junction and Bentley Bridge, carrying traffic over the link road
• a new cyclepath between Beverley and Skidby

Contractor GRAHAM moved more than 660,000 tonnes of earth to carve the route out.

Councillor Michael Lee, the council’s cabinet member for housing, infrastructure and communications, said: “This has been a monumental task for our project team at the council and for our contractor GRAHAM, but they have done an amazing job to deliver this impressive new highway.”

What it means for you

• From Friday evening, the A1079 through Jock’s Lodge is clear. The roundabout and its approaches open in full, so the Hull to York route no longer squeezes through a works layout.
• The A164 is not finished yet. Lane closures and temporary limits can still appear at short notice while the last work is completed. The scheme’s own traffic management page is the one to check the night before you travel, not a map app.
• Abnormal loads are still signed away from the A164, and the cycle and pedestrian diversion from Skidby roundabout to Beverley still runs via Skidby Main Street, Beverley Road, Mill Road, Keldgate Road and Harland Way.
• If you drive to Brough for the London trains, the A164 leg of that journey is now clear of the works. Our Beverley trains to London page has the timetable.
• The rest of the district’s roadworks have not gone anywhere. Wolfreton Lane at Willerby shuts for ten weeks from 21 September, four Cottingham streets are closed nightly to 2 October, and Holme Road roundabout at Market Weighton runs to 14 October. They are all on our East Riding roadworks and travel page.

The speed limits are the next decision, and today is the deadline

The roads are open before the rules on them are settled. On 20 August the council published a notice proposing the permanent limits for the finished scheme: 40mph through the Jock’s Lodge roundabout on both the A1079 and A164 arms, and 50mph on the new link road, on the A164 south of Victoria Road and along 3,780 metres of the Skidby bypass.

Objections close today, 10 September. We have set out every length in that notice, and the five other speed limit changes published in the same week.

How the scheme got here

Work started on 8 January 2024, but the paperwork is much older. The council submitted the planning application in March 2020 and had permission by July 2020. The compulsory purchase and side roads orders followed in January 2021.

Preparation on the ground began at Skidby on 31 July 2023, with a new roundabout at Main Street and Beverley Road and the bus stop moved off the A164 onto Main Street. That finished at the end of 2023. GRAHAM was appointed in November 2023. (A164 and Jock’s Lodge scheme, timescales)

The council still gives completion as the end of 2026, which the Friday opening and the “coming weeks” on the A164 are consistent with.

Sources

• East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Major milestone as £86.9m highway scheme almost complete and ready to open, 10 September 2026.
• A164 and Jock’s Lodge Junction Improvement Scheme, traffic management, update dated 11 September 2026, checked 10 September 2026.
• A164 and Jock’s Lodge Junction Improvement Scheme, timescales, checked 10 September 2026.
• Statutory notice, various roads at Beverley, proposed 40mph and 50mph speed limits, 20 August 2026.