Emergency road closure to take place on A1101 Welney Wash Road

A well-used village road prone to flooding will be shut for an emergency closure this week.

The A1101 Wash Road in Welney will be closed overnight tomorrow to complete white road lining works on the edges of the newly-surfaced road.

Resurfacing works took place between August 19-31 on the road, but the contractor had an issue with its road lining equipment and could not complete the work.

The road will be closed from 7pm on Thursday and reopen at 7am on Friday

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.”