Cllr Nick Adams-King, Stanbridge Earls, Romsey (2026)

14/06/2026

Here are the roadworks across southern Test Valley this week.

As always, please keep an eye on the yellow signs for the most up to date information.

Ampfield

- Pound Lane closed on Friday 09.30-15.00 for HCC highways road repairs.
- Hursley Road, traffic control on Friday 09.30-16.00 for SSEN works.
- Baddesley Road, traffic control Monday to Wednesday for Openreach works.

Awbridge

- Kimbridge Lane closed on Tuesday and Wednesday for HCC highways road repairs between Dunbridge Lane and the railway crossing. Access to Kimbridge Barn possible from the Stockbridge Road end.
- Lockerley Road, closed on Monday 09.30-15.30 for Openreach works.

Braishfield

- Braishfield Road, traffic control from Monday to Friday for HCC highways drainage works.

Chilworth

- Roman Road, traffic control to 23rd June for SGN works.

Dunbridge

- Barley Hill, traffic control until Thursday for Southern Water works.

Hursley

- A3090 Main road traffic control until 24th June for Southern Water tankering operations.
- A3090 Main Road, closed on Sunday 09.30-16.00 for HCC highways tree works.

King’s Somborne

- Old Vicarage Lane, traffic control to 15th June for HCC highway repairs.
- A3057 Romsey Road, traffic control on Monday 09.30-16.00 for HCC highways drainage works.

Middle Wallop

- A343 Andover Hill traffic control until Wednesday for Southern Water works.

Mottisfont

- Barley Hill, traffic control until Thursday for Southern Water works.

North Baddesley

- Ringwood Drive, traffic control until Monday for SSEN works.
- Cedar Crescent, traffic control from Monday to Wednesday for Openreach works.

Nursling and Rownhams

- Toothill Road closed on Monday 09.30-15.00 for HCC highways tree works.
- Mill Lane, traffic control to 31st July for Mua Electricity works
- Upton Lane, traffic control until Tuesday for Openreach works.
- Horns Drove, traffic control from Monday to 28th June for SSEN works.
- Balmoral Way, traffic control from Wednesday to 10th July for SSEN works.

Over Wallop

- A343 Andover Hill traffic control until Wednesday for Southern Water works.

Ower

- A36/M27 junction lane closures on roundabout overnight Sunday to Monday 20.00 – 06.00 for National Grid works.

Romsey

- Richmond Lane/Woodley lane junction, traffic control from Tuesday to Thursday for Openreach works.
- A3090 Greatbridge Road at Old Salisbury Lane junction, traffic control on Tuesday for HCC highways repairs.
- Borley Road/Luzborough roundabout, traffic control until Saturday for SSEN works, only in place 09.30-15.00 to ensure no disruption to school traffic.
- Halterworth Lane, closed at the level crossing overnight Saturday 13th to Sunday 14th 22.00 – 11.00

Valley Park

- School Lane, closed to 19th June for HCC highways drainage works.

Wellow

- Canada Common Road, closed on Wednesday 09.30-15.00 for HCC highway repairs.
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Minor works also this week in Houghton, H Mottisfont, Nether Wallop, North Baddesley, Nursling and Rownhams, Over Wallop, Ower, Plaitford, Romsey, , Valley Park,

This information is correct as of Saturday evening and might be subject to change or addition over the week ahead. As always, keep an eye out for the yellow signs which give you the most up-to-date information about dates, times and scope of work.

13/06/2026

🚧 **Roadworks Update: Hampshire, Southampton & Portsmouth**
📅 **Week commencing 14 – 20 June 2026**

Another busy week on the network, with **major junction upgrades, resurfacing schemes and local roadworks continuing across Hampshire**.

The biggest pressure points remain **Fareham, Wi******er and Southampton**, particularly overnight and at commuter times, although some motorway disruption continues to ease.

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# # # 🚗 **Motorways**

**M27 Junction 10 (Fareham / Welborne)**
⚠️ **Still Hampshire’s main disruption hotspot**

Major upgrade works continue around:
• **A32 Wickham Road**
• **Fareham Common / Broadway Roundabout**
• **M27 J10 slip roads**

➡️ Overnight traffic management, lane restrictions and occasional closures remain likely.

⚠️ Expect delays, especially evenings and weekends.

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**M27 J5–7 (Southampton Airport / Eastleigh)**
• Main resurfacing works substantially complete
• Temporary speed restrictions remain
• Intermittent overnight closures still possible for finishing works and testing

➡️ Conditions continue to improve, but delays remain possible.

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**M3 Junction 9 (Wi******er)**
⚠️ **Major ongoing improvement scheme**

Expect:
• Overnight lane restrictions
• Intermittent overnight closures around the junction and gyratory
• Delays on approaches to Wi******er, particularly evenings

➡️ Allow extra time for journeys through the area.

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# # # 🏙️ **Southampton**

**A335 Thomas Lewis Way**
• Contraflow remains in place
• Ongoing highways and utility works continue

⚠️ Still one of Southampton’s key congestion points, especially at peak commuter times.

Additional temporary lights and local roadworks continue across the city.

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# # # ⚓ **Portsmouth**

• No major motorway closures currently confirmed this week
• Continued local roadworks across the city network

➡️ Expect localised delays near the **M275, city centre and port approaches**.

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# # # 🛣️ **Hampshire (Countywide)**

• Continued resurfacing, drainage and utility works across districts
• Multiple temporary road closures remain active

⚠️ The main challenge remains **cumulative disruption**, where several smaller schemes overlap and add pressure to alternative routes.

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# # # 🔎 **Key Points This Week**

⚠️ Continued overnight disruption around **M27 J10 Fareham**
⚠️ Ongoing works at **M3 J9 Wi******er**
✔️ M27 J5–7 disruption continuing to improve
⚠️ Southampton A335 remains a pressure point
⚠️ Local roadworks continue across Hampshire

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# # # ✅ **Practical Advice**

✔️ Expect most disruption overnight
✔️ Allow extra time around Fareham, Wi******er and Southampton
✔️ Check routes before travelling—plans can change quickly
✔️ Local roads may be busier as drivers avoid motorway works

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I know this ongoing disruption can be frustrating, but these schemes are part of long-term investment to improve safety, resilience and road quality across the network.

If there’s a particular road or area you’d like me to look into, let me know below.

13/06/2026

🎨 **A wonderful new summer exhibition at The Arc Wi******er**

Yesterday evening, we had the pleasure of attending the opening of **Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives**, the major new summer exhibition presented by Hampshire Cultural Trust at The ARC in Wi******er along with Hampshire County Council Chair, Cllr Pal Hayre.

The exhibition celebrates the remarkable work of the four Scottish Colourists — SJ Peploe, JD Fergusson, Leslie Hunter and FCB Cadell — whose bold use of colour helped create a new visual language in early 20th-century British art.

Their work is displayed alongside paintings by influential British, Irish and European contemporaries, including André Derain, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and members of Walter Sickert’s Fitzroy Street Group.

It is a striking, vibrant and beautifully curated exhibition, bringing together important works loaned from collections including Tate, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery and The Fleming Collection.

Hampshire Cultural Trust does an excellent job in bringing nationally significant exhibitions such as this to Hampshire, making outstanding art and culture accessible to residents and visitors alike.

**Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives** is now open at The Arc Wi******er and runs until 16 September 2026.

I would warmly encourage people to visit over the summer — it is well worth seeing.

More information and booking details are available here:
https://www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/scottish-colourists-radical-perspectives

13/06/2026

Just the one new planning application in Chilworth and Nursling & Rownhams this week, there are no new applications for the Dun Valley parishes:

NURSLING AND ROWNHAMS

26/00984/FULLS
Part-retrospective redevelopment of site including er****on of buildings to be used for flexible commercial uses (comprising Class E(g)(ii) research and development, Class E(g)(iii) industrial processes, Class B2 general industry, Class B8 storage and distribution/trade counter use), service yards, car parking, cycle parking, refuse enclosures, electric vehicle charging points, landscaping, and the flexible use of Yew Tree Farmhouse (comprising Class E(g)(i) office or Class E(b) café)

Yew Tree Farm, Yewtree Lane, Nursling, Southampton Hampshire SO16 0XU

13/06/2026

Here are this week's new planning applications in the Blackwater parishes:

AWBRIDGE

26/01166/FULLS
Replace conservatory roof, windows and doors

Domus Barrett, Church Lane, Awbridge, Romsey Hampshire SO51 0HN

26/01174/VARS
Variation of conditions 2, 5, 10, 16 and 17 of 25/01053/FULLS (Er****on of 5 detached dwellings and detached garages with access via Danes Road, and installation of sewage treatment plants) to change design and location of houses

Land On East Side Of Danes Road, Danes Road, Awbridge, Hampshire

MICHELMERSH AND TIMSBURY

26/00991/FULLS
Conversion of car port to garage and er****on of fence and gate

The Old Coach House, Manor Lane, Timsbury, Romsey Hampshire SO51 0NE

SHERFIELD ENGLISH

26/00949/FULLS
Two storey side extension and porch

Yew Tree Cottage, Doctors Hill, Sherfield English, Romsey Hampshire SO51 6JX

26/01060/FULLS
Demolish garage and erect replacement garage with ancillary annex, gym and home office

Broxmore Drove Cottage, Salisbury Road, Sherfield English, Romsey Hampshire SO51 6FQ

26/01152/FULLS
Proposed alterations and extensions to existing 2-bedroom dwelling to include a new upper floor level and new roof design to provide additional bedrooms, family living/dining space and integral garage

Gambledown View, Gambledown Lane, Sherfield English, Romsey Hampshire SO51 6JU

WELLOW
26/01155/TPOS
Removal of English Oak tree, listed as T5 in the Arborist report

10 Barnes Close, West Wellow, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 6ET

26/01212/VARS
Variation of condition 3 of 25/00745/FULLS (Raise roof and install dormer windows to accommodate a loft conversion, single storey rear extension, and alterations to fenestration) to allow for changes to materials

Movalong, Tutts Lane, West Wellow, Romsey Hampshire SO51 6DY

12/06/2026

The Government has announced its third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with a projected **£4.5 billion** of central government funding being committed to active travel over the next five years.

That includes plans for 5,000 new walking, wheeling and cycling routes, 10,000 safer crossings, a national “safe routes to school” programme, new wayfinding systems, updated design guidance, and further changes to speed limit and traffic sign rules.

I absolutely support safer routes to school, safer crossings, and sensible improvements that help people walk and cycle where those schemes are appropriate and genuinely needed.

But I do think there is a serious question of priorities here.

Across Hampshire, residents raise the same issue with me again and again: the poor condition of roads and pavements. Potholes, broken surfaces, uneven pavements and deteriorating local roads affect everyone — drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, bus users, wheelchair users, parents with buggies and older residents alike.

At a time when councils are facing huge financial pressure, and when the road maintenance backlog is so significant, it is frustrating to see billions being directed into new schemes while the basic condition of existing roads and pavements remains such a daily concern for residents.

No doubt, when some of this money is spent locally on new cycling and walking initiatives, many residents will quite reasonably ask why it has not been used instead to fix potholes, resurface roads or repair pavements. I will understand that frustration, because I share it.

The important point, however, is that funding of this kind is normally ring-fenced by Government for the specific purpose announced. Councils cannot simply take money allocated for new cycling and walking schemes and spend it instead on general road and pavement repairs, however much many of us might wish they could.

That is why the real issue is not only how councils spend the money they are given, but the priorities set by central Government in the first place.

Before Government commits ever more money to new routes, strategies, pilots and national programmes, I would like to see a much stronger focus on fixing what we already have.

Good transport policy should start with the basics: safe, properly maintained roads and pavements in every community.

12/06/2026

Hampshire approach to domestic abuse highlighted at House of Lords committee

Domestic abuse has a devastating impact on individuals, families and communities — and no one should ever feel they have to suffer in silence.

Hampshire County Council’s Director of Public Health, Simon Bryant, has given evidence to a House of Lords committee on the strength of Hampshire’s partnership approach to tackling domestic abuse.

In Hampshire, organisations from local government, health, policing, housing, education and the voluntary sector work together through the Hampshire Domestic Abuse Partnership. The aim is to make sure victims and survivors can access the right support at the right time, while also focusing on prevention, early intervention and support for children and young people affected by abuse.

This comes as a new Hampshire-wide awareness campaign is being launched ahead of this summer’s FIFA World Cup.

The campaign, **“When is kick-off at your place?”**, highlights the increased risk of domestic abuse during major men’s football tournaments. While football brings people together, for some households major tournaments can sadly increase the risk of abuse, controlling behaviour or violence at home.

The message is simple: there is no excuse for domestic abuse — and help is available.

Anyone affected by domestic abuse, including children and young people, can contact the Hampshire Domestic Abuse Advice Line for free, confidential and independent support:

📞 **03300 165 112**

Please share this information. It may help someone who needs support to know they are not alone.

11/06/2026

🚧 **M27 Junctions 5–7 update: overnight slip road closures**

National Highways has confirmed that the testing and commissioning phase of the M27 Junction 5–7 overlay scheme is nearly complete.

They expect to make a further announcement shortly about reopening the M27 between junctions 4 and 7 at **70mph**.

Before that can happen, some final testing work is needed. As a result, the **M27 Junction 7 and Junction 8 westbound entry and exit slip roads** will be closed overnight:

📅 **Wednesday 17 June 2026**
⏰ **9pm to 6am**

During the closures:

➡️ Drivers wishing to leave the M27 westbound should continue to Junction 5, exit, and rejoin the eastbound carriageway to reach their intended junction.

➡️ Drivers wishing to join the westbound M27 should first join the eastbound carriageway, exit at Junction 9, and then join the westbound carriageway.

National Highways can be contacted on **0300 123 5000** or by email at **[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])**.

You can also keep up to date via:
[www.nationalhighways.co.uk/M27Concrete](http://www.nationalhighways.co.uk/M27Concrete)

11/06/2026

A really positive development for families in Hampshire.

Hampshire County Council has confirmed the next three locations for our Best Start Family Hubs, which will open later this year in Gosport, Andover and Alton.

These hubs are designed to bring together support for families in one place — from pregnancy and the early years through to starting school and beyond.

The confirmed locations are:

📍 **Gosport**
Main hub: Alver Valley Family Centre
Network sites: Gosport Discovery Centre, King’s Academies Gosport Community Hub and Bridgemary Library

📍 **Andover**
Main hub: Spring Meadow Children’s Centre
Network site: Andover Library

📍 **Alton**
Main hub: Bushy Leaze Children and Families Centre
Network site: Alton Library, with a Bordon site to be confirmed

The hubs will offer practical, joined-up support including parenting programmes, early learning advice, health visiting, infant feeding support and help to connect families with other local services.

This is about providing help earlier, closer to home, and in a way that is shaped around the needs of each community. Getting the right support in place early can make a real difference for children, parents and carers, and can also help reduce the need for more intensive support later on.

This follows the successful launch of Hampshire’s first Best Start Family Hub at Leigh Park Library earlier this year, with around 30 hubs and network sites expected to be rolled out across the county.

Opening dates and further details of the services available at each site will be confirmed in the coming months.

09/06/2026

Today, Hampshire County Council’s Cabinet agreed that we should pursue a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision on Local Government Reorganisation in Hampshire and the Solent.

This is not a decision we have taken lightly.

The focus of the Judicial Review is clear: the failure of Government to properly justify its decision, and to explain why it has chosen to proceed in the way it has.

In my view, the boundary proposals submitted last year should now be dismissed.
They were developed under arbitrary deadlines, without the proper time, evidence, financial analysis or consensus that such a major change demands.

Local Government Reorganisation will affect every resident, every community and every council taxpayer across Hampshire and the Solent for decades to come. It will shape the future of adult social care, children’s services, SEND, highways, planning, housing, waste, local taxation and democratic representation.

That is why it must be done properly.

My preferred outcome is that Hampshire and the Solent’s councils are allowed to come back together, with proper time and resource, to produce a single plan that is properly costed, unanimously agreed, and capable of delivering sustainable local government for our area.

This is not about protecting councils for the sake of it. All existing councils are being abolished under these proposals.

It is about protecting residents from a rushed and poorly justified process which risks creating councils that are not financially or practically sustainable for the future.

Residents deserve better than that.

In this video, I explain why I believe pursuing Judicial Review is the right and responsible thing to do.

Cllr Nick Adams-King

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