{"id":750296,"date":"2026-08-26T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/750296\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:18:10","slug":"latest-road-closure-to-come-into-place-in-fakenham-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/750296\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest road closure to come into place in Fakenham confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Valley Way, in Fakenham, will shut to motorists near its junction with the Ridings for 40 metres south eastwards.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This is to undergo cover replacement works, which will be carried out by Norfolk County Council.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The closure will be in place on September 1, with those planning to travel in the area warned to expect delays.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It marks another set of roadworks in the town, following ones announced for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26478649.road-closure-fakenham-motorists-warned-disruption\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lancaster Avenue<\/a> and Field Lane among others.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A diversion route will come into effect throughout the town (Image: One.network)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman for the county council said: &#8220;The [traffic] order shall automatically revoke on the completion of the works when the closure is no longer necessary or otherwise on the 13th October 2026 without further notice.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If necessary, the restriction could run for a maximum period of 18 months from the date the order is effective&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A diversion route will take motorists via Valley Way, Norwich Road, Warren Avenue, and vice versa.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will add two minutes onto journey times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valley Way, in Fakenham, will shut to motorists near its junction with the Ridings for 40 metres south&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-750296","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\/750296","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=750296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}