Norwich-Tilbury – Road closures & construction traffic

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We have received information from the campaign group and I have extracted the document relevant to this area.

For number of HGVs on roads near you, see page 10 onwards: click here.
For road closures & diversions, look for the blue dashed/dotted lines in the maps for your area.  
The information is in documents by section called, “2.5 Access, Rights of Way and Public Rights of Navigation Plans”:
Section A – Norwich to Roydon [See section A, sheets 3, 4 and 5 for an indication of the planning affecting the areas from Bracon Ash, Top Row, Flordon, Hapton]
[Other sections removed]
For the full document library, click here.   

To see what the pylons will look like, do ctrl-F in the document library and search for ‘Visualisations’. For detailed maps for your area, do ctrl-F and search Land Plans.
You can also search for Trees and Hedgerows to find the documents showing which will have to be removed.
From Rosie Pearson and the Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons team
Offshore better, faster, cheaper
Donations welcome:  Fundraising – Pylons East Anglia
07766 650208
pylons180@gmail.com

Lotus Hethel Roundabout – an update

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22 October 2025: NCC Highways have written regarding the proposed 30mph limit on Potash Lane. See email extract below:

251022 email re Potash laneDownload

8 September 2025: A proposed 30mph speed limit on a realigned section of Potash Lane along with a Prohibition of motor vehicles restriction on the existing section of Potash Lane. These changes are part of the new roundabout off Wymondham Road and a new link road to tie in with Potash Lane to the north.

These proposals are being formally advertised from Friday 5 September 2025 and the advertisement period will last until Tuesday 30 September 2025.
A copy of the draft Orders, a plan, the Statement of Reasons for making the Orders and a
copy of the Order being consolidated can be viewed online here.
Copies are also available for inspection at Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Norwich, NR1 2DH and at the offices of South Norfolk District Council, Horizon Business Centre, Peachman Way, Norwich NR7 0WF during normal office hours.
Any objections and representations relating to the Order must be made in writing and must specify the grounds on which they are made. All correspondence for these proposals must be received at the office of nplaw, Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH, marked for the attention of the nplaw Traffic Regulation Order Team by the 30 September 2025. They may also be emailed to trafficorders@norfolk.gov.uk

Three of the document are presented here:

PR2225 Bracon Ash -Hethel- – Notice of ProposalsDownload
PR2225 Bracon Ash -Hethel- – TRO Consultation Plan -1Download
PR2225 Bracon Ash -Hethel- – Statement of Reasons -2Download

ROAD CLOSURE – B1113 30/9 TO 3/10

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Update 1 October: we have been advised that this closure is to be extended until 3 October from between 7pm to 5am the following morning.

A temporary road closure is sceduled for re-surfacing work on the B1113 affecting the Norwich Road from its junction with C186 Wymondham Road in the Parish of Bracon Ash and Hethel. The works will be carried out between 19:00 on 30th September and 05:00 on 1st October 2024.

PMB920-HD-0100-002 Diversion PlanDownload

Traffic Regulation Order Team, nplaw, Chief Executive’s Office, South Wing, Ground Floor, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH

Email: tro@norfolk.gov.uk

Road Closure – B1113/C197 (Mulbarton) – short/long?

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Norfolk County Council proposes to make a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (the “Order”) (STRO11471) [See Below]. This affects the B1113, Norwich Road, from its junction with C179, The Common, for 100m north eastwards (the “Road”) in the Parish of Mulbarton. This is to facilitate UK Power Network electrical transformer replacement, the Road will be temporarily closed (except for pedestrian access) for the duration of the works/period the closure is necessary:

  • which is anticipated to be from 2nd to 3rd October 2024,
  • but may continue to be closed/restricted until the 14th November 2024 where the closure is still required beyond the anticipated dates.
Mulbarton STRO11471 PTDownload

The map provided is rather confusing – this was obtained from NCC Roadworks site:

Norwich Western Link – update 21 March 2024

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Cllr. Graham Plant, NCC, emailed an update about the Norwich Western Link project (to connect the A47 west of the city to Broadland Northway, and create a dual carriageway orbital route around Norwich).

The team are finalising the planning application and will submit it in the next few weeks. The planning authority will publish the documents online and run a statutory public consultation. A commitment by central government has been secured to fund the majority of the cost of the Norwich Western Link when ministers approved the Outline Business Case – more than £200 million of national investment for Norfolk.

With population and employment growth expected in the county, it’s vital to continue to invest in the transport networks infrastructure to be fit for the future. This is about planning ahead, being ambitious for Norfolk and making people’s lives better.

Cllr Graham Plant, Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure
Norfolk County Council

A11 work bulletin

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Just received the e-bulletin for the A11 Spooner Row to Tuttles reconstruction scheme.

Upcoming work – 20 January 2024

Advanced notification of A11 Wymondham Bypass Overnight Closures
Resurfacing a section of Spinks Lane, now that the site compound has been removed, and reinstated the land to fields. This surfacing is taking place to reinstate a smooth road surface following increased usage while we worked to reconstruct the A11.

Temporary closure of the Tuttles Interchange southbound exit and entry slip roads overnight between 8pm and 6am on 24 February 2024 and 25 February 2024.

Traffic exiting the A11 via the Tuttles Interchange southbound exit slip road will need to continue southbound on the A11 until you reach the Browick Road southbound exit slip road. Turn right onto Browick Road, and at the third roundabout turn left onto Ayton Road. At the end of Ayton Road turn right onto Station Road, and then turn right onto the B1172. Follow the B1172 northbound to continue your journey.

Traffic joining the A11 southbound carriageway will need to travel southbound on the B1172 until Station Road. Turn right onto Station Road before turning left onto Ayton Road. At the roundabout take the third exit and continue until you reach the A11 Browick Road southbound entry slip road.

Please note that all closures are subject to change at short notice due to unforeseen circumstances or poor weather conditions.

Road users can also keep up to date on road closures by visiting our Traffic England website at www.trafficengland.com or by following our X feed: @HighwaysEAST


Get in touch

If you have any questions about this work, call the 24/7 Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000, or by email to info@nationalhighways.co.uk. Additional details on the scheme webpage at www.nationalhighways.co.uk/A11concrete

Andy Jobling
Programme Delivery Manager

News of Norwich Western Link

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We received the following email from Cllr Graham Plant, NCC:

“Following on from the great news in mid-October that we have received a funding commitment of more than £200 million from the Government for the Norwich Western Link, we’re getting this important infrastructure project moving forward again.

“We’ve published a cabinet report this afternoon with an update on the project and the proposed next steps, which include submitting the planning application early next year. While a lot of work had already been done on the planning application documents over several months, the project team are currently reviewing and updating these now that we have more certainty over the timing of their submission and the subsequent timings for the project.

“The cabinet report sets out what we will need to include in the planning application. These documents will be published in full after we have submitted them to the planning authority, which in this instance is Norfolk County Council, but this is an entirely separate part of the authority to the project team. The planning authority will then run their own statutory public consultation on the planning application, so everyone will have the opportunity to view and comment on the proposals at that stage.

“Once the planning application is finalised and submitted, the project team would then make and publish a Compulsory Purchase Order, for land required for the project, and a Side Roads Order, which would authorise the County Council as the highways authority to make alterations to roads and highways, including public rights of way. The cabinet report published today also gives details on these processes, and includes maps showing the land we will require for the project – whether on a temporary or permanent basis – and the existing roads that will need to be altered in some way.

“Due to the delay in receiving the funding commitment from central government, and also as a result of factoring in information that has been confirmed as the project has developed, the anticipated timetable for the project has been pushed back. It is now expected that initial works will start in late 2025, with the start of main construction works in summer 2026 and the road open for use in 2029.

“For the same reasons, the budget for the project has been revised to £273.9 million, an increase of £22.8 million from the previous budget agreed in July 2022. However, the Department for Transport have indicated that they could provide funding of up to 100 per cent of the costs set out at Outline Business Case stage, which stood at £251.1 million. If the government provided £251.1 million of funding, the local contribution required towards the overall cost of the project would be less than previously anticipated even with the overall budget increase.

“I know delays and cost increases are frustrating and I know many people want to see this road built now, to tackle the traffic problems that exist to the west of Norwich and so that the wide range of benefits it will provide can be achieved at the earliest opportunity. It’s the responsible thing to do to keep project budgets and timetables under review and to adjust them as more information is known, and to respond to wider influences. And it’s important to do this in order to put ourselves in a strong position to get this road built, and built in the right way.

“I hope this provides information that is helpful but, if you want to, you can also read the cabinet report on our website here – the link in full is also included beneath my signature. With government backing secured and the planning application documents in the process of being finalised, we are making good progress and getting closer to making the Norwich Western Link a reality.

“The cabinet report will be considered by me and my cabinet colleagues at a meeting on Monday 4 December, and I’ll email you again that day to make you aware of the outcome of the meeting and the next steps from there.”

Cllr Graham Plant
Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure
Norfolk County Council
https://norfolkcc.cmis.uk.com/norfolkcc/CalendarofMeetings/tabid/128/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/496/Meeting/2055/Committee/169/Default.aspx