--- title: "Traffic marshals and delivery curfews for Overdale hospital build" url: https://www.nsfw.info/traffic-marshals-delivery-curfews-overdale-hospital-build/ published: 2026-10-15T10:00:54+00:00 modified: 2026-10-15T10:00:54+00:00 author: "Chief Editor" categories: ["Government"] image: https://www.nsfw.info/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/traffic-marshals-delivery-curfews-overdale-hospital-build-1024x572.webp summary: "Bouygues UK has set out traffic marshals, restricted delivery hours and noise limits to manage disruption during the four-year, £710m Overdale hospital build." publisher: NSFW (https://www.nsfw.info) --- # Traffic marshals and delivery curfews for Overdale hospital build **In brief:** The project team for Jersey’s new Overdale hospital has presented a detailed traffic management plan to the St Helier Roads Committee, covering restricted delivery hours, traffic marshals and noise limits. The £710 million facility is being built by main contractor Bouygues UK over a four-year programme. Community engagement so far has drawn positive feedback, though calls have been made to widen outreach to more local schools. ## The Plan to Keep Traffic Moving Julien Martina from Bouygues UK outlined the measures to the St Helier Roads Committee, having also presented the same information at a residents’ forum the previous evening. Access routes for construction vehicles have been mapped out and will feature local speed restrictions, with traffic marshals stationed at key intersections and outside schools along the route. Large vehicle deliveries will be confined to dedicated time slots between 9am and 2pm, deliberately keeping the morning and afternoon rush-hour periods clear. Workers will also be subject to staggered start times, and building noise will be restricted to between 8am and 6pm on weekdays and 8am to 1pm on Saturdays, according to Bailiwick Express. The project team will also monitor performance indicators covering traffic conditions, safety-related incidents and complaints. “We are here to work with the local community and to minimise the inconvenience,” Mr Martina said. “We’re going to listen, we’re going to review, and we will refine our methods where possible.” ## Jersey Contractors and Community Feedback Jessica Hardwick, the government’s project director, noted that while Bouygues UK is the main contractor, there would be considerable opportunity for Jersey-based contractors to become involved in the build. She reported that feedback from engagement initiatives had been positive, attributing this to the team following through on its commitments: “I think the reason that we’ve received positive feedback is because when we say that we’re going to do something, we do it.” Constable Inna Gardiner welcomed the level of detail in the traffic management plan and echoed the positive feedback from residents. She did, however, call for engagement with schools in the area to be broadened. While d’Auvergne and Haute Vallée have already been included, she said she hoped Janvrin, First Tower, Rouge Bouillon and Mont à l’Abbé would also be brought into the conversation. “Engagement with the neighbourhood is very important,” Mrs Gardiner said. “There are concerns, but it’s very clear that the team is working very hard to respond to residents’ concerns and to find solutions. We all understand that the project will be disruptive, but communication is very important, and I think it’s really improved.” ## A £710 Million Project in Jersey’s Backyard The new Overdale hospital carries a price tag of £710 million and a four-year construction programme, making it one of the most significant infrastructure projects in Jersey’s recent history. For residents living near the site, and for commuters using the surrounding roads, the disruption is real and unavoidable. The measures outlined are sensible and, on the face of it, reasonably thorough. Whether they hold up once several hundred construction workers and a steady stream of heavy vehicles are actually on the ground is, of course, a different question entirely. For Jersey taxpayers footing the bill, the involvement of local contractors will be a welcome note. A project of this scale and cost should, wherever possible, be putting money back into the island’s economy rather than shipping it wholesale to the mainland. ## The NSFW Perspective There is something quietly reassuring about a government project team that turns up to a community meeting, presents a detailed plan and actually takes questions from a Roads Committee. It is not, admittedly, a high bar, but in the world of large public infrastructure projects it counts for something. The £710 million figure remains eye-watering, and Jersey residents will rightly keep a close eye on whether that number holds as the four-year build progresses. History suggests that large public construction projects and their original budgets part company rather quickly. The traffic marshals and the 9am delivery slots are all very well, but the real test of this project team will come when the first cost overrun lands on the Council of Ministers’ desk. For now, though, credit where it is due: at least someone is talking to the neighbours. *Source: [Bailiwick Express](https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/news/traffic-measures-to-limit-disruption-during-construction-of-new-hospital)*