Storm Ciaran – Preparations
A new storm is set to bring a period of wet and windy weather to Suffolk overnight Wednesday 1st November and throughout Thursday 2nd November 2023.
Weather warnings
Get the latest weather warnings from the Met Office. HERE
The Orwell Bridge
Closures of the Orwell bridge are authorised by National Highways. You can find out the latest information relating to the Orwell bridge by visiting HERE
The following Twitter feeds also provide any late changes to closures and also any national or South East information:
@HighwaysSEAST
@NationalHways
Other roads in Suffolk
You can find out more information about road closures by visiting HERE
You can also get the latest information by following Suffolk Highways on Twitter
@Suff_Highways
Report a Fallen Tree .
Report a fallen or overhanging tree or hedge in Suffolk quickly and easily online.SUFFOLK HIGHWAYS REPORTING TOOL
However please report a fallen or overhanging tree if it poses an immediate danger to public safety by calling 0345 606 6171
If it is on a trunk road in Suffolk please call the Highways England Information Line on 0300 123 5000
School Closures
Decisions about whether schools close are made by the schools themselves. Please check with your school directly, they should be able to give you more information.
You can also check school closures on suffolk.gov.uk.
Power cuts
For help about power cuts – call 105 or go to www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-cut
Suffolk Prepared
Find out more information on how you can plan ahead to deal with emergency situations from the Suffolk Resilience Forum.
Read:
Six things you can do to prepare for an emergency HERE
Matthew Hicks
Leader – Suffolk County Council.
Hello, is there something that can be done please with standing water on station road Claydon, every time we get rain it causes a flood, vehicles drive through it sending waves down our drive way, under the house which is a council property, children walk to school and get wet, I have reported this time and time again and get told nothing can be done, surely there is something, please please get this looked at, with more rain forecast is going to get worse. Thank you Marie reach.
Thank you Marie for contacting and commentating on the Coddenham Parish website.
We have passed your message to the local District Councillors, who may be able to direct you.
It is usually the Highways Department who are best to refer to.
The Coddenham Community Response Group.
You can also report Suffolk highways issues here; https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/highway-maintenance/report-a-highways-issue?nodeId=8d14022b-d90b-5c6d-835d-bcd0e6043b0a&entryId=13db0487-a495-55f5-946f-8644d5ad9374