From Monday 4 November a new entrance will be created from George Fox Avenue into George Fox car park. The contractor will create a compound on the east side of the main car park. The west side of George Fox car park will remain in use for staff parking using the new entrance/exit from George Fox Avenue.

During the compound setup George Fox Avenue will be temporarily narrowed to allow machinery access and a safe working area, traffic management will be in place. There will also be a pedestrian diversion in place along the footpath alongside the car park.

The coach drop off/pick up bay on South Drive will close on Monday 2 December 2024 until February 2025 while excavation works take place. Coaches should use County drop off/pick up or Alexandra Park during the closure.

As part of the Net Zero Energy Project, work will be carried out to County Main plant room from Monday 16 until Friday 20 December 2024. Two disabled parking spaces will be out of use and the footpath between County Avenue and Lancaster Square will be closed during the work.

From Monday 4 November George Fox Avenue will be temporarily narrowed during a compound setup in George Fox car park to allow machinery access and a safe working area, traffic management will be in place. There will also be a pedestrian diversion in place along the footpath alongside the car park.

A one-way system is in place northbound along South Drive from the junction of Alexandra Park Drive up to the east roundabout to enable the contractor to setup the site and construct the Net Zero Energy Centre. This one-way system will be in place until the project completes in Spring 2027.

Part of the Woodland Trail is currently closed along the east side of campus to facilitate tree felling. This will remain closed until December 2024; further communication will follow once it has re-opened.

We will be planting 2,500 new trees between this site and Forrest Hills to mitigate the impact on the environment.

There will be further disruption to campus as trenches are excavated for the installation of the new District Heat Network. Each section of District Heating Network will be under its own temporary traffic management arrangement, the first of these is scheduled to commence on 3 December 2024.

Further communication on these arrangements will follow as the project progresses.

Excavations on South East Drive, up to and including George Fox Avenue, have commenced and with the installation of pipework / services required and reinstatement on completion, this will be ongoing work until Christmas.

From Monday 6 January until 17 February 2025 excavations will continue on South East Drive from George Fox Avenue up to Furness Avenue, which will include a closure to the Fylde Residences quad. This is a continuation of trench excavations to allow new District Heating pipework to be laid to connect buildings onto the new District Heating system.

Please be aware that these works will cause localised noise and disruptions.

Boreholes will be undertaken as part of ground investigations in preparation for the Net Zero Energy Centre. This work will commence on Monday 2 December for a period of 3 weeks.

Please be aware that these works may cause localised noise and disruptions within the site extents on South Drive.

From Monday 6 January for 6-8 weeks the Net Zero Energy Project contractor, Vital Energi, will start work on the replacement of the district heating pipework in to Fylde accommodation plant rooms.

• A large section of the pedestrian area in and around Fylde accommodation quad will be fenced off to enable the contractor to safely dig trenches for the installation of new pipes. This work will be noisy at times and there will be diversions in place.
• There will be no access into Fylde accommodation quad from the East (Perimeter road) access will be maintained from the West entrance near Fylde Avenue.
• Bicycle storage on South Drive will remain open, accessible from South Drive only.
• Bin stores will be taken out of use within the quad and will be re-located to Fylde Avenue.
• Parking bays along both sides of South Drive will be taken out of use during the work but will be reopened as soon as the work completes.

We are working with Vital Energi to programme the work and reduce the disruption to our campus community as far as possible. We apologise for any disruption the work may cause you.