As of Friday 07 November 2014 there will be some major changes to the roads in Norwich City Centre. The work will ensure that there will be major improvements to the prime shopping streets of Norwich, just in time for the Christmas Shoppers to feel the benefit. It will also be a big step forward for public transport by improving bus reliability and cutting journey times.
The changes include:
Friday 07 November, permanent changes will be made to remove most of the traffic from St Stephens Street, Rampant Horse Street and part of Surrey Street.
After the morning rush hour on Monday 03 November, new traffic signals at Grapes Hill roundabout will be switched on. This will be the means of access to Chapel Field North, Chapel Field East, and Theatre Street/Rampant Horse Street.
During the evening on Monday 03 November, at 7pm, a temporary road closure will be implemented on Rampant Horse Street (outside Marks and Spencer and Debenhams), to enable the construction of new traffic islands.
During this time no traffic will be able to proceed from Westlegate into Rampant Horse Street – you would need to turn right into Red Lion Street. This means that access to and from Chapel Field North, Chapel Field East, Theatre Street, Rampant Horse Street and all other roads will be via Grapes Hill Roundabout at its new junction with Chapel Field North.
During this closure, no traffic will be able to proceed from Rampant horse Street to red Lion Street or vice versa. The closure will remain in place until the morning of Friday 07 November, after which time only buses and taxis (and cyclists) will be able to proceed from Rampant Horse Street to Red Lion Street or vice versa; this will be the final access arrangements here.
On Tuesday 04 November to Thursday 06 November, completion of the works on Rampant Horse Street will be carried out.
From the morning of Friday 07 November, St Stephens will only be available for buses, taxis and cyclists, with access for general traffic to Red Lion Street via Westlegate: this will be the final access arrangement.
Westlegate will remain open throughout the final week of works, with a single lane and the right turn only onto Red Lion Street; this will be the final access arrangements here.
Full details of all the works can be found by accessing the following web page:
