Welney Wash Road set to close for one night

A well-used village road is set to be closed overnight tomorrow to allow for work to be carried out.

Welney Wash Road will close from 7pm on Thursday and remain shut until 7am the following morning (Friday).

The closure is to allow the carrying out of white lining on the edges of the newly surfaced road.

This is due to the machine breaking down on the last evening of the previous closure for resurfacing.

Welney Parish Council was made aware of the closure in a letter from Norfolk Highways.

In it, James Hutcheson, highways engineer, said: “As you know, the resurfacing works on A1101 Wash Road were carried out between the 19th and 31st August this year. Unfortunately, our contractor had an issue with their road lining equipment when on site and was not able to complete the road markings within the road closure duration.

“We have an emergency road closure in place on the night of September 12 from 19:00 to 7:00 to complete the works and make the road safe. Just wanted to let you know the situation.”

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