08/07/2026
Please be aware of the roadworks as this will effect direct access to the Shafers centre/ my shop
If you have an appointment please allow extra travelling/traffic jam time
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🚧 PLEASE SHARE: Confirmed info on Tarpots FULL ROAD Closure 25th July - 15th August 🚧
I have seen lots of different posts about the upcoming road closures around Tarpots for the mains replacement works either side of the junction.
I have contacted Cadent to get the definitive Essex Highways approved info from them directly:
25th July - 15th August (Phase 4) - 24/7 works
↔️🚫A13 BETWEEN SADLERS FARM AND THE EASTERN END OF THE TARPOTS SHOPPING PARADE (OUTSIDE 127 LONDON ROAD) WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC. ACCESS TO PROPERTIES WILL BE MAINTAINED.
↕️🟢HIGH ROAD - RUSHBOTTOM LANE OPEN FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC VIA TARPOTS JUNCTION. NO TURNING ONTO THE A13 IN EITHER DIRECTION
🔄 SADLERS FARM ROUNDABOUT WILL BE OPEN AND ACCESS MAINTAINED ON ALL OTHER EXITS EXCEPT A13 EASTBOUND
↙️↗️ THE ONLY ACCESSES TO THE WIDER ROAD NETWORK WEST AND NORTH OF THE BOROUGH WILL BE VIA THE A127 AT RAYELIGH WEIR AND A130 AT WATERSIDE FARM
‼️DELAYS EXPECTED FOR ALL JOURNEYS INTO AND OUT OF CASTLE POINT, AS WELL AS MANY LOCAL JOURNEYS AROUND THE BOROUGH SO PLEASE PLAN AHEAD‼️
I am meeting with Cadent on Friday morning to get a further briefing from them in person. I have no direct power over local highways matters as the MP, but I understand local Essex County Councillors who do are also meeting with Cadent in the next few days.
Cadent inform me they will also be holding an information stall at Tarpots on Friday afternoon:
📅 Date: Friday 10 July 2026
🕒 Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
📍 Location: The junction of Rushbottom Lane and London Road A13, Benfleet, SS7 5UG.
If residents have questions they would like to put to Cadent but cannot make the event, then please email me them or write them under this post and I will put them to Cadent and do what I can to get them answered ASAP.
