Roadworks Update

Councillor Lewis Barber has just shared the following information about upcoming roadworks in and around Langham:

25th April-28th April: Church Road, Boxted will be closed for road repairs and signing works.

3rd-5th May: School Road, Langham will be closed for drainage works to take place.

10th-14th July: Birchwood Road, Dedham will be closed between junction of Ardleigh Road and the A12 for drain and road repairs. There are difficulties here in getting an earlier date due to closures not being approved by National Highways due to the works being in the vicinity of their restrictions. I will work to try my best to get this done earlier if possible.

10th-12th August: Mill Lane, Dedham will be closed for repairs. This is too long of a wait so I am working with maintenance officers to try and find an earlier date, which is challenging due to the lack of permit from National Highways for the diversion. The diversion has, by law, only go down roads that are the same classification or higher than the road closed. This is why the diversion has to go a route that ends up on the A12. The current works prohibit such a diversion currently, except in emergency circumstances i.e. burst water main