Town centre car park to close for three days for resurfacing

Advanced warning signs are going up from today (Friday, October 6) to advise that a Bury St Edmunds car park will be closed for three days later this month for essential resurfacing work.

The Parkway Surface car park, which is for short stay, is in need of urgent repair. Weather permitting, West Suffolk Council will carry out the resurfacing and relining work from Wednesday to Friday, October 18 to 20.

The multi-storey, which provides both short and long stay, will be available during the Wednesday, Thursday and most of the Friday.

Vehicles won’t be able to enter the multi-storey after 6pm on Friday, October 20. This is to enable resurfacing of the entrance and exit lanes to take place. Vehicles already in the multi-storey will still be able to exit the car park.

David Taylor, cabinet member for Operations said: “The surface car park is well used and in need of this work to fix some of the damage that has occurred through regular use. The work is being timed to avoid clashing with other car park works, and ahead of the school half-term as well as the build up to Christmas when there will be increased demand for parking spaces.

“That said I recognise that it will cause some disruption to people who regularly park there, and I ask that people bear with us while we get this work done to improve and repair the car park surface.”