Sprint
A45 Works
Ends: Ongoing
Last updated: 13 January 2026
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.
A45 Works
Improvement works on bus infrastructure and shelters are continuing in a phased approach along the A45.
Phase 2 of the A45 Sprint project is scheduled to begin in the first week of February 2026.
- Gilberstone Avenue (outbound): Single-lane overnight closures from 4–7 February, between 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
- Keswick Avenue (outbound): Full overnight closures from 5–8 February, between 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
- Lyndon Road Junction (inbound): Single-lane daytime closures from 16–24 February, between 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM.
- Wheatsheaf (outbound): Full overnight closures from 17–21 February, between 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
- Coalway Avenue (inbound): Full overnight closures from 18–21 February, between 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
- Steyning Road (inbound): Full overnight closures on 24–25 February, between 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
Further resurfacing works will follow in the coming months. Details of dates, times, and locations will be published on our website.
Travel tips
You will still be able to get to where you need to go, but consider the following: