Two significant road closures in Great and Little Plumstead are planned to allow work to continue on Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NDR).
Middle Road will be closed from Monday 1 February to Monday 8 February, but will reopen as soon as the site clearance and tree felling works allow. This reopening is to ensure there is no clash with the proposed closure of Plumstead Road, which is the diversion route.
The closure of Middle Road, from Green Lane North to the junction of C258 Hare Road, is needed to allow safe completion of site clearance, in particular tree felling, on the line of the new dual carriageway. It will reopen as soon as safe to do so, but a longer term closure of Middle Road (details to follow) will be necessary to allow more substantial work on the NDR, and for the construction of the bridge that will carry Middle Road over the new road. Once the bridge is complete, expected to be in late 2017, Middle Road will be able to reopen.
Norfolk County Council is currently consulting on the closure of Plumstead Road for up to 18 days to allow utility service diversions across Plumstead Road. A closure is required by Network Rail because of the risk of the works causing traffic to queue across the level crossing on the Norwich to Sheringham railway line.
The current proposal is for the closure of a150m stretch of Plumstead Road, between the railway crossing and the junction of Broad Lane,to begin on Monday 22 February, but this is subject to no overriding issues being raised during the current local consultation. Middle Road will remain open while Plumstead Road is closed.
Norfolk County Council has apologised for any inconvenience caused by these and other closures and traffic management measures during construction of Norwich Northern Distributor Road. Forregularupdates, anyone can sign up to receive the Transport Matters and Transport Matters NDR Extra newsletters by emailing[email protected].
