Sprint
Lode Lane
Ends: Ongoing
Last updated: 24 July 2025
What’s happening?
Sprint is a bus priority corridor that will link Walsall with the centre of Birmingham, Solihull and Birmingham Airport - joining the A34 with the A45 to create one continuous bus route.
Sprint will bring benefits for all bus passengers: providing more reliable, regular and predictable journey times, connecting our region and protecting our environment too.
A milestone project, Sprint is being delivered by Transport for West Midlands and forms part of the region-wide ambition to improve the public transport experience.
Lode Lane
Works on Lode Lane continue a lane closure in place Southbound towards Solihull by the Jaguar Landrover site.
A right turn into the JLR site will be maintained when the traffic management restrictions move across the carriageway.
Below is a map of the area of works.
Hob's Moat Road
Resurfacing works at Hob’s Moat Road will begin on Monday 28 July 2025 with a full closure of the Southbound carriageway towards Solihull until Friday 1 August 2025.
A signed diversion for traffic will be in place around Old Lode Lane.
Bus service 72 towards Solihull will be re-routed from Sheaf Lane along the Coventry Road and Lyndon Road, then down Melton Avenue to re-join Hob’s Moat Road after the closure.
Travel tips
You will still be able to get to where you need to go, but consider the following: