Drivers are being warned that delays are "likely" in parts of the Norfolk Broads due to a two-week road closure. 

In order for Norfolk County Council to carry out sewer and water connection works in the area, Wroxham Road in Coltishall will be closed from Rectory Road to a point 65ft to the east.

The work, which started today, is expected to take two weeks to complete. 

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Eastern Daily Press: A section of Wroxham Road at its junction with Rectory Road in Coltishall will be closed for two weeksA section of Wroxham Road at its junction with Rectory Road in Coltishall will be closed for two weeks (Image: Google Maps)

A signed diversion route via Wroxham and Horsted on Norwich Road, Wroxham Road, Coltishall Road, Church Road and the NDR will be in place. 

The closure comes shortly after concerns were raised by Coltishall locals that the village is increasingly becoming a bottleneck for huge volumes of traffic travelling between Norwich and a large area of north Norfolk. 

Cars, lorries and farm vehicles funnel through the village rather than surrounding ones because it has a humpback bridge over the River Bure, made worse since the opening of the NDR.