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Overnight roadworks to complete bypass junction

Andrew Turner
BBC News, Norfolk
Reporting fromCaister-on-Sea
Andrew Turner/BBC A yellow road sign stating "signals not in use", next to the newly-altered Caister Bypass, Jack Chase Way. There are white arrows painted on the road, a grass turf verge and new pavements. A white car is on the right of the image, and a bus further towards the centre of the picture. A green hoarding and flags mark the boundary to Mulberry Park.Andrew Turner/BBC
The new junction on the Caister bypass, known as Jack Chase Way, will give access to a new 665-home estate

A bypass around a coastal holiday village will see four-way traffic lights in operation overnight from Monday.

Persimmon Homes was granted permits by Norfolk County Council to create a new junction to Mulberry Park, a 665-home housing estate in Caister-on-Sea.

The Caister bypass will be open as usual daytimes and at weekends, but traffic lights will be in operation weekday nights between 19:00 and 06:00 BST.

A spokesperson for Persimmon said: "Persimmon Homes Anglia has been proactive in engaging with local businesses, schools, and residents to ensure everybody is fully aware of what is proposed."

Andrew Turner/BBC A red road sign, bearing the words "Crossing not in use" with new pavements, and steel posts ready to have traffic lights fitted, on the edge of the Caister Bypass with green hoardings in the distance, marking the boundary to Mulberry Park.Andrew Turner/BBC
The main works were carried out during a six-week period in February and March, which led to Jack Chase Way being closed to all traffic

Details of the alterations to the road are on the Norfolk County Council website.

During previous works, which led to the road being closed completely for six weeks, Persimmon Homes said the alternative would be a 30-week schedule of works which it and Norfolk County Council believed would be more disruptive to local residents and holidaymakers.

The spokesperson for Persimmon Homes Anglia added: "Following the initial highway infrastructure improvements on Jack Chase Way, we are now preparing to complete the drainage works and connections.

"These works can take place without requiring road closures and that is why they are being delivered as a separate phase, which we feel is in the best interests of local residents and businesses.

"Work will conclude on Friday evening by 23:59 at the very latest if necessary.

"We will attempt to keep noise and disruption to a minimum."

Andrew Turner/BBC A view of Jack Chase Way through a set of pedestrian barriers, made from galvanised steel. In the view are areas of new road surface and pavement, a yellow bollard and a series of orange traffic cones, and with hedges to the right of the image, green hoardings and flags to the left mark the boundary to Mulberry Park.Andrew Turner/BBC
The new junction will form a crossroads with Prince of Wales Road and the entrance to Mulberry Park, which is on the left

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