The A47 at Postwick will be closed again this coming weekend (Friday 8 May to Monday 11 May) for the final stage in lifting bridge beams into place. Diversions will be as on previous weekend closures.*
Both carriageways of the A47 will close at 8pm tomorrow, Friday 8 May, opening no later than 6am on Monday 11 May. A series of overnight closures (details below) will follow, but these will be less disruptive.
This weekend, theA47 will re-open sooner than 6am on Mondayif possible, but the amount of work required is more than on the two weekend closures in April.
Postwick Park & Ride will again be closed. The nearest alternative is Harford Park & Ride.
As on previous weekends, the diversions will be via the junction slip-roads and the new business park access roads. There may be delays on the diversion routes when beams are being moved into position for lifting into place.
If it is not possible to complete the work by 6am on Monday, work will be halted in time to allow the A47 to reopen on schedule, and will resume the following weekend (15 May to 18 May) under another A47closure. If this is necessary it will be well publicised next week.
If all goes well and the beam lifts are complete this coming weekend (8-11 May), there will be no weekend closure on the 15-18 May.
However, there will still be the need for a series of Monday to Thursday overnight closures, starting on Monday night (11 May) and continuing for around four weeks (no closure on Bank Holiday Monday, 25 May). These closures will be from 8pm, with the road reopening as soon as possible, but no later than 6am the following morning.
Vehicles will use the same diversions as at the weekend, but this is unlikely to cause significant delays because of the low levels of overnighttraffic.
Later this month there willbe a change to thetraffic management arrangements on the westbound’off’ slip road, where traffic from the Great Yarmouth direction leaves the A47 for Thorpe St Andrew, Broadland Business Park, Postwick Park & Ride and the north and east of Norwich (including Norwich International Airport). The change will be at the site of the Oaks Lane roundabout to allow the north side of the roundabout to be constructed.
*Click here for diversion plans or go to norfolk.gov.uk/Postwickfor further background, including links to A47 closure information.
