Road closures: Alnwick festive lights switch-on and Rothbury landslip repair works among latest public notices in Northumberland
Plans are being put in place for Alnwick’s Christmas lights switch-on.
The popular event is scheduled for Friday, November 20.
A public notice indicates the B6341 will be closed to traffic for a 125m section of Bondgate Within from its junction with Market Street.
Also in Alnwick, Howick Street is due to be temporarily closed on November 11 between 9am and 4pm at the request of Esh on behalf of Northumbrian Water to carry out CCTV inspections to the sewer.
Repair works are being planned on a landslip prone section of road near Rothbury.
A 1km section of the B6344 from Cragside to Weldon Junction, from its junction with the private access road with Carriage Drive, heading in an easterly direction, will be closed from November 6-28 between 8am and 5pm.
A 40mph speed restriction will also be in place to protect the surface of the carriageway.
The traffic regulation order states the road closure and speed restriction have been requested by Northumberland County Council for landslip works.
In Alnmouth, a public notice details plans to introducing new disabled bay parking restrictions on Northumberland Street. They are currently advisory.
Elsewhere, a road closure is planned on a 135m section of the U3101 to repair significant washout and subsidence in the verge between Brunton Bridge and the B1340, near Newton-by-the-Sea. It is expected that the road will be closed from November 9 to December 13.
A 580m section of the C179 Warton Junction to White Law Junction, Thropton is now closed until December 24. The closure has been requested by Northumberland County Council for bridge strengthening and waterproofing works.
On the C53, a 950m section from Wooperton Junction to Bewick Bridge Junction will be closed from November 16-20 at the request of RJ Utility Services Ltd to demolish an existing joint box and build one concrete chamber in the carriageway.
A temporary one-way system is also scheduled to come into force on part of the U3134 Coquet Enterprise Park in Amble between November 12 and December 4. The restriction has been requested by Northern Gas Networks to carry out gas mains replacement works.
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