Essex road closures to watch out for - including Greenstead roundabout

The closure, which will be in place between 10pm and 6am, is due to start on May 22.

The order will close Elmstead Road between its junction with the Greenstead roundabout and the Elmstead Road roundabout.

Other roads in north and mid Essex are also due to close to allow for works to be completed.

Three Colchester roads are due to close for 12 days while mains replacement works are undertaken by Cadent.

The closures will be in place at the junctions of Beverley Road, Cambridge Road, and Queens Road, and are scheduled to start on May 22.

Carriageway patching works will close Ipswich Road, Colchester, for six days from May 26.

It will affect approximately 50 metres of road from the junction with Lancaster Approach in a south-westerly direction.

Ashbury Drive, Marks Tey, will be closed for approximately 50 metres from its junction with Bury Close to its junction with Coggeshall Road.

The 18-day closure will begin on May 9 and is a result of pipe replacement works undertaken by Anglian Water.

In West Mersea, East Mersea Road will be closed from its junction with The Strood to its junction with Dawes Lane – around 800 metres – for five days from May 12.

This is to allow for Essex County Council to undertake carriageway patching works.

For six days, Bardfield Road, Bardfield Saling, will be closed from its junction with Hyde Lane for over two kilometres, in a north-westerly direction.

The closure is due to start on May 22 and comes as a result of carriageway patching works.

An alternative route is available via Braintree Road, Brook Street, High Street, Dunmow Road, Oxen End, Dunmow Road from Lindsell to Duck End, Dunmow Road from Bran End to Broadway, The Broadway, St Edmunds Lane, Dunmow Bypass, Blake End, The Street, Bardfield Road and vice versa.

Broadband installation works by Virgin Media will close Knights Road, Braintree, for eight days from May 23.

The closure will affect a ten-metre stretch of the road from its junction with Stubbs Lane, in a north-westerly direction.

Similarly, Virgin Media works will close Thames Close, Braintree, for 15 days from May 9.

The road will be closed for approximately 185 metres from its junction with Chelmer Road. No alternative route will be available.

Ferry Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, is set to close for four weeks for pavement construction works.

It will be closed from its junction with Creeksea Lane to its junction with Maldon Road from May 8.

Two roads will close for six days to allow for signage, rail fencing, and post replacement works to be undertaken by Essex County Council.

This impacts Bridge Hall Road, Bradwell, and Water Lane, Stisted, and commences on May 10.

Knowl Green Road, Belchamp St. Paul, will close for seven days while carriageway patching works are undertaken.

The closure, which is due to start on May 9, will be from the road’s junction with Bakers Road to its junction with Knowl Green – a distance of almost 1.5 kilometres.