{"id":182713,"date":"2025-10-07T03:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T03:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/182713\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T03:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T03:31:19","slug":"drying-works-begin-after-saxmundham-market-hall-flooded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/182713\/","title":{"rendered":"Drying works begin after Saxmundham Market Hall flooded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Saxmundham Market Hall has been closed since the flooding to enable repair works to be carried out to the &#8220;significant flood damage&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, no reopening date has yet been announced with the town council stating that it was liaising with insurers over the next steps.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/25356581.saxmundham-market-hall-closed-siginifcant-flood-damage\/?ref=ed_direct?ref=ed_direct?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Saxmundham Market Hall closed after signifcant flood damage<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A statement on the council&#8217;s Facebook page said: &#8220;Following the recent flooding, contractors have lifted and safely removed the Market Hall floors and a three week drying programme is now under way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;ll share reopening dates once our insurer sets out the next steps.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  During torrential downpours in June, parts of east Suffolk were badly damaged and some shops were forced to close.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The roof of the Tesco supermarket, in Church Street, Saxmundham collapsed during the storm, while Suffolk fire crews were also alerted to a flooded cellar in the High Street.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Meanwhile, Saxmundham Emporium, which sells vintage material, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/25251423.saxmundham-emporium-flooded-four-inches-water\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">was flooded with four inches of water, resulting in the loss of \u00a31,000 in stock.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In July, a spokesperson for the town council said: &#8220;Specialist contractors will be lifting the floor and installing industrial dehumidifiers to dry out the building over the next few weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;To allow these essential works to take place safely, the Market Hall will be closed throughout August.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Everyone with a booking has been contacted and we are keeping September hirers informed too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We will provide updates as soon as we have a clearer timeline for reopening. Thank you for your understanding while we carry out these vital repairs.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Market Hall dates back to the Victorian era and used to be the town&#8217;s Corn Exchange, which opened in 1846.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saxmundham Market Hall has been closed since the flooding to enable repair works to be carried out to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-182713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}