A120 Trunk Road - Temporary Prohibition Of Traffic To Maintenance Works
What is happening?
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 4(1) AND 14(1)(A) AND (C), AND (4)
THE A120 TRUNK ROAD (BIRCHANGER TO HARWICH, ESSEX)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 202_
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited(a) intends to make an Order on the A120 Trunk Road in the County of Essex, to allow maintenance works to be carried out in safety.
The duration of each closure would vary depending on the nature of the maintenance work being undertaken on each occasion. The programme of works would start on or after 5 January 2026 and be completed by 23 December 2026.
The effect of the Order would be to:
(a) authorise the overnight closure (20.00 – 08.00) of the A120 between Birchanger and Harwich;
(b) authorise the closure of:
(i) all slip roads leading to and from the above length of the A120;
(ii) the laybys on the above lengths of the A120;
(iii) the gaps in the central reservation on the above length of the A120.
During the closures traffic would be diverted via junctions of the A120 and local roads.
If you require further information please contact the National Highways Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 or Info@nationalhighways.co.uk
The closures (which would not apply to emergency service, traffic officer, works or winter maintenance vehicles), and diversion routes would be clearly indicated by traffic signs. The Order would come into force on 29 December 2025 and remain in force until 23 December 2026.
L Walton, National Highways Limited
(a) Registered in England and Wales under company no. 9346363. Registered Office: Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ.
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