{"id":815219,"date":"2026-10-27T07:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815219\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:08:13","slug":"month-long-road-closure-in-fakenham-to-be-split-into-phases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815219\/","title":{"rendered":"Month-long road closure in Fakenham to be split into phases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Smiths Lane, in Fakenham, will close from its junctions with Norwich Road and A1067 Pensthorpe Road to Gwyn Crescent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This is to undergo gas main replacement works, which will be carried out by Cadent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The closure will be split into phases, with the first scheduled to take place between November 2 to 22.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Phase two involves the road shutting from Pensthorpe Road and will last from November 23 to December 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A diversion route will be put in place for the duration of the closure (Image: One.network)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman for Norfolk 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 4th June 2027 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  The diversion route will take motorists via Smiths Lane, Pensthorpe Road and Norwich Road, with the reverse route in the second phase.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will add two minutes to journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smiths Lane, in Fakenham, will close from its junctions with Norwich Road and A1067 Pensthorpe Road to Gwyn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815219","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\/815219","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=815219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}