Avoid roadworks for a quicker journey

Getting stuck in traffic due to roadworks can be frustrating and cause journey delays.

That can be avoided using a website that shows where all roadworks in Havering are taking place. The web site includes work being done by gas, electricity, water, telecom and other utilities as well as those being done by Havering Council.

You can check out roadworks in your area using this online map or across London using this map.

Buses on diversion Until 4pm on Friday 22 August 2014 contractors working on behalf of Havering Council will be carrying out resurfacing works in Orange Tree Hill and North Road so the road will be closed. Bus routes 375 and 575 will be diverted due to this road closure.

Strike action on Tube

ASLEF union has called a strike on the Central line on Friday 22 August 2014, which will also affect Waterloo & City line services.

If the strike goes ahead, parts or all of the Central line may be suspended, and if trains do run they will be at a reduced frequency.

TFL does not expect any Central line trains to run in the early morning or late at night, or to run at all through central London.

The Waterloo & City line will also be affected, and may be suspended.

Notting Hill Carnival

The Notting Hill Carnival takes place on Sunday 24 August and Bank Holiday Monday 25 August.

Motorists are advised to avoid driving in the Notting Hill area at the weekend because of a number of road closures. The easiest ways to travel to and from the Carnival will be by Tube, bus, cycling or walking. Some stations will be closed or will be exit only.

Public transport users and drivers are advised to plan their journeys in advance 

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Havering Travel Update   Information from Havering Council about possible travel hotspots in the next week   Edition 5: Friday 22 August 2014

Havering Show temporary restrictions The Havering Show takes place from 11am until 6pm at Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch on Sunday 24 August and Bank Holiday Monday 25 August 2014. There may be traffic congestion in the area so alternative routes are advisable unless attending the show. In addition, there will be temporary parking restrictions between 11.30am and 5.30pm on both days on the park side of Abbs Cross Lane, between the junction with Hornchurch Road and 136 Abbs Cross Lane. To aid police access in the area, The Avenue will be one-way from Abbs Cross Lane to Station Lane and Stanley Road will be one-way from Station lane to Abbs Cross Lane.

Roadworks

On Friday 22 August 2014 between 9am and 4pm and on Tuesday 26 August 2014 from 6.30pm until Wednesday 27 August 2014 at 6.30am Ockendon Road, Upminster will be closed in both directions between its junctions with Fen Lane and Clay Tye Road. Diversions will be in place.

Until Friday 22 August 2014 UK Power Networks are working on electricity cables outside 27 Crow Lane, Romford. Temporary traffic lights will be in use.

From Tuesday 26 August 2014 until Monday 1 September 2014 Morrison Utility Services will be carrying out work outside 181 Upminster Road South, Rainham.  Temporary traffic lights will be used.

From Tuesday 26 August 2014 until 2017 work by Transport for London (Tfl) to replace the bridge which takes the A127 over the railway at Ardleigh Green is taking place. During this work there will be a 30mph speed limit in place and some off-peak lane closures (10am until 3pm and 10pm until 5am).

From Wednesday 27 August 2014 until Friday 29 August 2014 Suttons Lane, Standen Avenue and Station Lane, Hornchurch will be closed each day between 6.30pm and 6.30am. Diversions will be in place.

Ravenscourt Grove, Suttons Avenue and Suttons Gardens, Hornchurch will be closed from 6.30pm on Friday 29 August 2014 until 6.30am on Saturday 30 August 2014 and again between 6.30pm and 6.30am each day from Monday 1 September 2014 until Thursday 4 September 2014.

Until Sunday 7 September 2014 electricity cable ducts are being installed in Squirrells Heath Road, Harold Wood between the junction of Gubbins Lane and Redden Court Road. Temporary traffic lights will be used.

Until December 2014 in Butts Green Road, Hornchurch.  National Grid is carriying out gas mains replacements in a half-mile stretch between Berther Road and Slewins Lane. Temporary traffic lights will be used.

London Bridge rail station from Saturday 23 August 2014 until Sunday 31 August 2014

Passengers who travel via London Bridge mainline rail station, which is being rebuilt by Network Rail while remaining open, are being urged to plan ahead for the last nine days of August.

No First Capital Connect or Southern services will call at London Bridge mainline rail station and there will be no direct trains to Gatwick or Luton Airport stations.

London Bridge Underground station will remain open.

More information is available here.

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