Western Road's rebuild is due to finish on Friday, and the bus diversion with it

The rebuild of Western Road between Holland Road and Montpelier Road is due to finish on Friday 6 November. Brighton & Hove Buses¹ lists its diversion around the works as running from 1 October to 6 November.

While it lasts, buses can’t serve the Norfolk Square and Brunswick Place stops in either direction, and the nearest stops are Palmeira Square and Waitrose. The Montpelier Road stop is closed on route 21. The 49, which normally ends at Palmeira Square, has been turning at Imperial Arcade and starting again from Churchill Square.

The council’s temporary traffic order for the works gives 6 November as the expected finish. The same order lifted the one-way rules on side streets including Norfolk Road, Bedford Place, Borough Street and Waterloo Street, to keep access open while contractors worked.

The job was meant to be a resurfacing. Then an assessment found structural problems, so the council planned deeper digging, rebuilt sections of road and drainage repairs. Councillor Trevor Muten, the council’s cabinet member for transport, said around 700 buses pass along the corridor every day.

Three days after the works end, the Western Road red route starts, on Monday 9 November. Comments on it are open until 9 May 2027.

Update, 8 November: the reopening was delayed. Here are the new dates.