Flooded road leads to closure of A143 at Bury St Edmunds but reopens ahead of schedule

The A143 on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds had to be closed due to the road being flooded.

The section close to the sugar beet factory between Hollow Road and the roundabout at the junction with the A134 leading to Thetford was scheduled to be shut until midnight tomorrow (Friday, December 22).

It resulted in traffic using the route between Bury St Edmunds and along the A143 towards Great Barton, Stanton, onwards towards Diss, and vehicles travelling in the opposite direction, had to find alternative routes and some congestion was sen in the centre of Bury St Edmunds.

The closure (pictured above) came following reports of water across both lanes of the A143 at Compiegne Way and Suffolk Highways confirmed the road would be temporarily closed to allow the flood water to clear.

However, this afternoon (Thursday, December 21) the road was cleared of the water and was reopened.