Gas works will be taking place at this junction for about 3 weeks. Image from Apple Maps.
There is also some minor gas renewal work scheduled for the Vernon Avenue/Vicarage Road area of Ogley Hay which I’ll get more details of when I have them.
Here’s the deal: From Sunday 10th February 2018 until approximately 25th February 2018, Cadent Gas on behalf of National Grid will be undertaking a second phase of replacing gas mains at the Ogley Road and High Street junction, adjacent to the former Warreners Arms pub.
There will traffic control in operation, closure of the junction and diversions throughout the works as appropriate.
I appreciate this is frustrating, but work has to be done. I’d much rather be reporting a temporary traffic jam than a gas explosion, after all…
For Walsall Council’s weekly list of scheduled upcoming roadworks, you can visit this page here and download a copy. Obviously, this won’t cover emergency work. If you can’t get the PDF link on that page, try a different device/browser.
I hope this clears things up a bit.