NATIONAL Highways has announced last-minute closures of the A12 northbound for final works.
It will be closed until 6am on Wednesday, October 9, from junction 23 at Kelvedon to junction 26 at Stanway, with a diversion in place from junction 19 via the A131, A120 and B1408.
The A12 road will also be closed overnight between 8pm and 6am on October 9, northbound from junction 25 at Marks Tey to junction 26 at Stanway for “final road resurfacing and finishing work,” as well as removal of cones and temporary traffic barriers.
A spokesman for National Highways said: “Unfortunately, the wet weather has meant that we haven’t been able to do some of our final work.
“So we still have a bit more work to do on the northbound stretch this week, including removing the roadwork barriers, applying white lines and inserting road studs or cats eyes.
“To do this work, we’ll need a couple of overnight road closures this week to complete the project.”
A diversion will be in place on Wednesday night, with traffic diverted to exit the A12 via the junction 25 northbound exit slip road at Marks Tey and eventually re-joining the A12 northbound via the Junction 26 northbound entry slip road.
A12 southbound has already reopened with three lanes of traffic moving at the national speed limit.
Essex Highways plans to finish the main construction work this week with three lanes of traffic operating at national speed limit, with crews out doing final quality checks in the coming weeks.
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