This Friday, 9th October, road resurfacing work will start in Great Dunmow.
Starting at the Hoblongs Junction with the B1008, work will proceed over the course of around 4 weeks along Chelmsford Road, moving to the stretch of Ongar Road between the Kicking Dickey Roundabout and the Nursery Rise roundabout, then up to and along the High Street, into Stortford Road to the Queen Vic roundabout.
The work will be done in a number of phases with each phase being completed before moving onto the next.
Unfortunately, this will mean a number of road closures but these will be overnight between 8.30pm and 5am Monday to Friday, with no working on Saturday and Sunday nights. Exact dates and times of work will depend on weather conditions and closures will be on road signs.
There will be extensive leafletting of affected properties and businesses and diversion routes will be signposted.
The closure of Ongar Road will cause traffic to use routes through Barnston, High Easter and High Roding and is planned for 3 nights next week.
Many issues have been faced, such as ensuring access/egress for both the Ambulance Station and Fire Station, arrangements for takeaway food retailers, parking up of vehicles during the day, access being made available to New Street residents through Haslers Lane, etc.
As much of the route falls within a Conservation area new yellow road lines will be narrower and slightly paler than the standard.