The scheme, which is part of Highways England's £80m maintenance improvements on Yorkshire's roads this year, involves carrying out resurfacing, drainage, bridge maintenance and traffic signals upgrade work between Bramham and Grimston Bar.
Up to £700,000 is being invested to resurface the roundabout and footpaths and upgrading the traffic signals at Grimston Bar. Work will be completed in just under two months.
Further work will take place on sections of the A64 from Monday, 06 November. Parts of the road between Bramham and Askham Bryan will be reconstructed and resurfaced as pat of a £2.5m scheme. The roundabout at Bramham will also be resurfaced and drainage work carried out between Bilbrough and Askham Bryan. This scheme will be carried out in phases and is expected be completed by the end of January.
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Work will be carried out overnight between 8pm and 6am on weekdays, between 8pm on Friday and 9am on Saturday and 8pm on Saturday until 10am on Sunday. Diversions will be in place.
Further work is also due to start in November on improving road safety at the Barton Hill crossroads.
Highways England project manager Chris Dunn said: "We are carrying out a series of improvements along the A64 between Bramham and Grimston Bar over the next few months which will provide better journeys for drivers and improve road safety.
"It also includes improvements to the footpaths and kerbing, and other associated work such as cabling and renewing the white lines will be carried out as part of the 2 schemes."
(LM)
