Traffic is flowing once again on the reopened Mead Way - but commuters are worried the remaining work still left to do has stalled. 

The road in West Swindon was closed for 21 months to complete road-widening work, which was supposed to last just 24 weeks. 

The prolonged closure missed several deadlines and quickly became a nightmare for businesses in the area and motorists who were seeing significant increases in their journey times. Anger grew with each delayed announcement. 

It turned to relief at the end of November when the council announced it would finally be re-opening the route. 

Work has included an additional lane northbound, resurfacing and converting a roundabout into a signal junction, as well as new street furniture.

But commuters now are concerned no work seems to be getting carried out on the remaining issues meaning lanes still remain closed.

“I use this road daily and haven’t seen any works done since the end of November,” Chris Thomas from Grange Park said. 

“From the fire station to the roundabout by Kids-About it still has cones and barriers either side, not sure why as road looks complete. There’s also some pavement and verge work I can see is still needed.”

Others have complained the new street sign is spelt wrong, saying Meadway.

The borough council’s cabinet member in charge of infrastructure Gary Sumner acknowledged more work is needed and the latest delay was caused by a utility firm.

“Mead Way has been open to through traffic for more than six weeks now and it has made a big difference to local residents, businesses and motorists who rely on the road to get to and from the west and north of the town,” he said.

 “Additional work to install a new crash barrier over the underpass is currently being finalised, so we expect to see good progress on this within the next few weeks. 

“We are, however, still waiting for the water company to come and fix a water main on site before we can finish off building the new bus stops.

 “Britannia Construction Ltd has also been landscaping, making some changes to the traffic lights and reducing the size of its compound over the past month.”