Planned road closures in Colchester include:

  • Abberton Road, Layer-de-la-Haye from Bounstead Road for one kilometre for four days from April 19, while broadband installation works are undertaken by County Broadband Ltd.
  • Clears Road, Layer Marney from Smyths Green to Newbridge Road on April 19 for three days, while carriageway patching works are undertaken by Essex County Council.
  • Gladwin Road, Colchester from Layer Road to Wavell Avenue for three days from April 25, while carriageway patching works are undertaken by Essex County Council.
  • Manor Road, Colchester for 35m beginning at Crowhurst Road, for the day on April 24, to enable new connection works to be undertaken by Cadent.
  • Spring Lane North, Colchester close to Bakers Lane for 80m for one day on April 21, while overhead cabling works are undertaken by Openreach.
  • Part of Water Lane, Little Horkesley for three days from April 19, while fire hydrant replacement works are undertaken by Anglian Water.
  • A 70m stretch of Artillery Street, and a 20m length of New Park Street from its junction with Artillery street for five days from April 4, while mains replacement works are undertaken by Anglian Water.
  • Coach Road, Great Horkesley from Nayland Road to London Road for 11 days from April 4, while carriageway patching works are undertaken by Essex County Council.
  • Dawes Lane, West Mersea from East Mersea Road to East Road for three days from April 6, while carriageway patching works are undertaken by Essex County Council.
  • Elm Grove, Clacton from North Road to St Johns Road for five days from April 7, while carriageway investigation and repair works are undertaken by Essex County Council.
  • Harvey Road, Wivenhoe from The Avenue to Ernest Road for five days from April 11, while carriageway patching works are undertaken by Essex County Council.
  • Osborne Street, Colchester for a 15m stretch from its junction with St Botolphs Street and St Botolphs Street from Osborne Street to St Botolphs Circus, for five nights from April 11, while traffic signal renewal works are undertaken by Essex County Council.
  • Plough Road, Great Bentley for 190m from Keeble Court for two days from April 4, while overhead cable works are undertaken by Openreach.
  • Turkey Cock Lane, Stanway for half a kilometre from its junction with London Road for one day on March 29, while crane placement in carriageway works are undertaken by Cadman Cranes Ltd.
  • A 75m stretch of Winters Hill, Layer Marney near Roundbush Road for three days from April 4, while new connection works are undertaken by Anglian Water.

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A NEW 20mph speed limit is set to be introduced on a large number of roads around Colchester.

As part of Essex County Council's Active Travel Essex project, the new speed limits are intended to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists, at the same time encouraging more people to leave their cars at home.

Streets set to have the limit changed along the whole of their length are, in alphabetical order: Abbey Gate Street; Albert Street; Arthur Street; Balkerne Gardens; Balkerne Passage; Bell Vue Road; Bruff Close; Castle Road; Catchpool Road; Causton Road; Cedars Road; Chapel Street North; Chiltern Close; Church Walk; Claremont Heights; Creffield Road; Crowhurst Road; Culver Street East; Eld Lane; Essex Street; Fennings Chase; George Street; Head Street; Headgate; Henry Laver Court; Henry Swan Way; Hospital Lane; James Wicks Court; Jarmin Road; John Harper Street; Kings Head Court; Kings Meadow Road; Lexden Court; Margaret Road; Market Close; Mercers Way; Middleborough (eastern section); Morten Road; Mossfield Close; Norman Way; North Hill; North Station Road; Northgate Street; Nunn’s Road; Orchard Road; Osborne Street; Pavilion View; Poplar Hall Close; Queen Street; Roddam Close; Roman Road; Rowan Place; Serpentine Walk; South Street; St Augustine Mews; St Botolph’s Street; St John’s Avenue; St John’s Green; St John’s Street; St Julian Grove; St Paul’s Road; St Peter’s Street; Sussex Road; The Dell; Trevor Bailey Drive; Trinity Street; Victoria Chase; Vineyard Street; Walsingham Road; Wellington Street; West Street; Whitewell Road and Wycliffe Grove.

Streets with partial changes are: Beverley Road from Lexden Road to Queens Road; Butt Road from Southway to Beaconsfield Avenue; Church Street from Head Street; Clarendon Way from Essex Hall roundabout for 50m eastwards; Crouch Street from Balkerne Hill; Culver Street West from Head Street; East Hill from Queens Street/High Street to Priory Street; Endsleigh Court from Sussex Road; Essex Hall Road from Essex Hall roundabout; Flagstaff Road from St John’s Green to Walshingham Road; Gray Road from Oxford Road to Hospital Road; High Street from North Hill to Priory Street; Highfield Drive from Lexden Road; Hospital Road from Creffield Road northwards; Maidenburgh Street from Northgate Street to High Street; Lockhart Avenue from Lexden Road; Long Wyre Street from Culvert Street East to Sir Isaac’s walk; Manor Road from Lexden Road; Middleborough (northern section) from North Station Road for 50m westwards; Middleborough (southern section) from North Hill for 80m westwards; New Kiln Road from Sussex Road; Oaks Drive from Lexden Road; Oxford Road from Lexden Road southwards to Creffield Road; Papillon Road from Crowhurst Road westwards; Park Road from Lexden Road; Pope’s Lane from St Mary’s Fields/Rawstorn Road eastwards; Priory Street from High Street to Queen Street; Rawstorn Road from Lexden Road to St Mary’s Fields/Pope’s Lane; Sir Isaac’s Walk from Head Street to Queen Street; St Alban’s Road from Papillion Road; St Helen’s Lane from East Stockwell Street to Maidenburgh Street; St Marys Field from Rawstorn Road/Pope’s Lane; St Nicholas Street from High Street to Culver Street East; The Chantry from Endsleigh Court; Wellesley Road from Creffield Road northwards;  West Stockwell Street from Northgate Street southwards to High Street and Wroxham Close from Norman Way.