Watton Road/Old Watton Road resurfacing

22nd Aug 2022Norwich

Location

Watton Road / Old Watton Road
Cause

Junction works and resurfacing
Responsibility

Norfolk County Council Highways
Effective

22/08/2022 - 02/09/2022

A major project to carry out work at this junction and to resurface will commence on Friday 19th August and continue in several phases until Friday 2nd September 2022.

This will have significant impacts on our Orange Line services and Blue Line services as well as Costessey Park and Ride shuttles that serve the University of East Anglia.

Depending on the phase of works -

passengers may be unable to use service 21 to travel between Bowthorpe and Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
passengers may be unable to use service 26 to travel between University of East Anglia and Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
passengers may be unable to use service 26A to travel between University of East Anglia
some service 511 evening journeys may be re-timed or cancelled.

Passengers wishing to travel to and from Norfolk & Norwich Hospital should, where possible use Pink Line services to and from the City Centre. You can download the full timetable at this link - FEC - Network Norwich Pink Line 10 11 12 - Bus times from 24-07-22_2.pdf

Phase two will involve significant restrictions from Monday 22nd August until Friday 26th August.

These restrictions will be between 06:00 and 19:00 and will be in addition in addition to the overnight closures detailed above.

As a result the following changes to services will be in place -

All Orange Line services will operate to Three Score Road only. No journeys will be possible between Bowthorpe and Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital
All Blue line services 26 will operate to University of East Anglia only. Service 26A will operate to Bowthorpe only via a diversion route.
Service 511 will operate the usual route between Costessey Park & Ride to University of East Anglia.Returning to the site however the service will operate via Guardian Road and Dereham Road. Passengers should plan for a slightly longer journey and potentially some disruption to services.

Diversions for overnight closures will also be in place (see phase one)

There will be one further overnight closure as part of this phase of work on Saturday 27th August from 19:00 until 06:00 the following morning.

Services will divert as they did during phase one listed above.

All roads will open at 06:00 on the morning of Sunday 28th August and will remain open throughout the public holiday on Monday 29th August.

Phase three will involve overnight closures on Tuesday 30th August until Friday 2nd September.

These closures will again be from 19:00 on each of these dates until 06:00 the following morning.

Services will divert as they did during phase one listed above.

We apologise to all customers affected by this disruption to your services caused by the road closure which is outside of our control.

FEC - Network Norwich Pink Line 10 11 12 - Bus times from 24-07-22_2.pdf (799.18 KB)

Gertrude Road (Pink 10/10A)

Hydrant repair works will be taking place on Gertrude Road from Monday 18th November to Wednesday 20th November, meaning the road will once again be closed.

During this time, services will operate the full length of Mousehole Avenue, then make the left onto Silver Road.

We apologise for any disruption this may cause to your journey.

Longwater Lane, New Costessey (Red 23A/24B & 31)

Due to a new connection being installed by Anglian Water, near to Roundwell Medical Centre between Monday 18th November & Friday 6th December, Red Line 23A/24B & 31 services will all be on diversion.

Service will be maintained to Old Costessey as buses will operate normal route through there - but will operate via East Hills Road & Richmond Road to avoid the closure point. Please do expect some delays on these services - however this is the best compromise to maintain the overall service.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to your journey.

The Street, Long Stratton (Purple 36B)

Due to drainage works taking place on The Street – between Flowerpot Lane & Swan Lane, Purple Line 36B will need to divert on Monday 18th November after 20:00 only.

Services will operate via Swan Lane, Manor Road & Flowerpot Lane. The 20:01 from Long Stratton will start from the High School instead of Flowerpot Lane.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

High Street, Gorleston (1/1A/X1/2/3/3B/8/X11)

Due to the Gorleston Christmas lights switch on event, Gorleston High Street will be closed on Sunday 17th November between 06:00 & 23:00.

During this time, all services will divert from their normal routes to serve Church Road & Beccles Road as an alternative route.

All stops on the High Street/High Road will not be served - drivers have been instructed to allow passengers to board along Church Road as an alternative.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to your journey.

Wymondham Cross (Pink 11/11A, Turquoise 13, Green 14/14A/15/15A/16/16A)

Due to repairs to drainage works taking place on Bridewell Street in Wymondham, we won't be able to serve Wymondham Cross on Tuesday 12th November.

During this time, all services will arrive & depart from The Chestnuts stops on Avenue Road.

We are only expecting this closure to take a couple of hours - but are unsure of exactly when they will be lifted.
Please follow our X feed @FirstNorwich for up-to-date service information.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Green Lane, Reydon (99/99A)

Due to off-peak carriageway works taking place on Green Lane in Reydon, it will be closed from Monday 11th November to Friday 15th November between 09:00 & 15:30 each day.

During this time, all services will remain on Wangford Road - omitting Green Lane & Jermyns Road.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Drayton High Road, Hellesdon (28/X29)

Due to resurfacing works taking place on Drayton High Road between Monday 11th November & Friday 15th November between 19:00 & 06:00 only - our Yellow Line 28/X29 services will need to take a diversion route.

Services will operate via Middletons Lane, The Bull Roundabout, Reepham Road, Drayton Lane & Hall Lane. This means that stops between Hellesdon Hospital & Drayton Cock will not be served.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

North Denes Road, Great Yarmouth (8)

Due to a new water connection being installed on North Denes Road – service 8 will need to take a diversion route between Monday 11th November & Monday 25th November.

During this time, services in both directions will operate via Caister Road & Barnard Avenue, missing out all stops on Beaconsfield Road & Sandringham Avenue.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to your journey.

Remembrance Sunday | Service Changes

Owing to Remembrance Sunday Parades across the First Eastern Counties network, some of our services will be subject to disruption on Sunday 10th November.

Attleborough	The 10:00 service from Norwich City Centre will terminate outside The Mulberry Pub. The 11:00 service from Attleborough will start from Attleborough High School.
Bungay	The 13:20 from Norwich City Centre is expected to arrive into Bungay later than normal, but will not need to take any diversion routes. All services towards Norwich will operate as normal.
Dereham	Between 10:15 & 12:00 - we will not be able to serve the Market Place, St Nicholas Street, Sandy Lane or Chestnut Road within Dereham. Services will be using Cowper Road (outside Central Tyre) as an alternative stop for any affected passengers.
Loddon	The 10:20 X21 & 10:50 X21 services from Norwich, and the 10:20 X21 service from Lowestoft will need to remain on the A146, omitting Loddon & Chedgrave. All other services are unaffected.
Norwich City Centre	There will be two parades - the first one between 09:15 & 09:45 will mean that the following services will not be able to serve Castle Meadow. They will use alternative city centre stops, except Blue Line services which will operate from Theatre Street. The second parade will begin at 11am - but will be rolling road closures so we expect minimal delays to our services.
Wymondham	This event will be taking place in & around Wymondham Cross - as a result between 13:45 & 15:30, our 13/14A services will only be operating from the stops at The Chestnuts on Avenue Road.
Thorpe St Andrew	This event will be taking place on Yarmouth Road between Harvey Lane & Thunder Lane, from 10:00 to 13:15. During this time, affected 14A/15 services will operate via Harvey Lane, Heartsease Roundabout & the ring road, resuming normal routes at Thorpe St Andrew Sainsburys.
Caister (delays only)	We are expecting some delays as a rolling road closure will be in place between 10:55 & 11:15 - all services will continue to operate their normal route and will simply wait for the road to reopen.

Please remember that we're offering free bus travel to the Armed Forces community, serving troops, veterans, and cadets on Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day (Sunday 10th November and Monday 11th November). Please find out more here.

Finally, our drivers may pull over to observe the two-minute silence at 11am as a mark of respect - your understanding would be appreciated during this time.

The Street, Acle (Coastlink X1/7)

Due to due to resurfacing works & bus stop improvements taking place in the centre of Acle, our evening Coastlink X1 & 7 services will need to take a diversion route between 20:00 & 05:00 each night between Monday 4th November & Sunday 17th November.

During this time, services will not be able to serve any of their normal stops in Acle. Instead, services will operate via the A47, then onto A1064 Old Road to serve the pair of stops at Acle, Hermitage Close (near to The Hermitage) instead of the normal stop at The Kings Head.

This alternative stop is about a 12 min/850m walk from the normal stops in the Kings Head - unfortunately our services are not able to serve anywhere closer to the town centre during this closure.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to your journey, due to these unavoidable works.

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Watton Road/Old Watton Road resurfacing