Parmoor Lane in Frieth closes around the clock from 16 November to 4 December for new drains. Amersham Hill's overnight closures end on 20 November.
Parmoor Lane in Frieth will be shut 24 hours a day from Monday 16 November to Friday 4 December while Buckinghamshire Council puts in new drains. The closure runs from the junction of Rockwell Hill End and Parmoor Lane to just after the first left-hand bend on Parmoor Lane, a stretch of about 175 metres.
The work is on the council’s weekly roads update for 13 November, which also confirms the last week of overnight closures on the A404 Amersham Road and Amersham Hill in High Wycombe.
Overview
- Parmoor Lane, Frieth: closed around the clock, Monday 16 November to Friday 4 December, from the Rockwell Hill End junction to just past the first left-hand bend, for new carrier drains and gullies.
- A404 Amersham Road and Amersham Hill, High Wycombe: closed overnight from 8pm to 6am, Monday to Friday, between Chadwick Street and Lucas Road, until Friday 20 November, for resurfacing.
- Nags Head Lane, Great Missenden: signs replaced from Monday 16 November under two-way lights, with the road fully closed on Friday 20 November.
- No weekend working is planned on any of these unless the council says otherwise.
Why Parmoor Lane is closing
The council lists the Frieth job as drainage improvement: “installation of new carrier drains and gullies”, which it says will “remove water from the road more effectively” and “reduce flooding, improve road safety and help protect the road from water damage”.
Unlike most of the jobs on this week’s list, it runs day and night, not just in working hours, so the stretch stays shut for the full three weeks. The update does not give a diversion route. The council’s roadworks page points drivers to One.Network, where every planned closure is mapped with its diversion.
Frieth is in the council’s West Chilterns Community Board area, and Parmoor Lane is the only named road job there this week.
Amersham Hill: the last week of night closures
Resurfacing on the A404 Amersham Road and Amersham Hill, between Chadwick Street and Lucas Road, began on Wednesday 4 November and is due to finish on Friday 20 November. The council’s update gives the closure as overnight, “in operation between 8pm and 6am, Monday to Friday”.
It is the only High Wycombe Community Board scheme on this week’s list besides the county-wide street lighting work. Resurfacing, the council says, replaces “worn and damaged road surfaces, improving safety, ride quality, and the long-term condition of the road”.
The other overnight closures near the town, including the M40 between junctions 4 and 3 on 18 and 19 November, are on our High Wycombe roadworks and travel page.
Great Missenden: Nags Head Lane shut on 20 November
On Nags Head Lane in Great Missenden, the council is replacing signs “to support bridge strike mitigation”, the work done to stop high vehicles hitting a bridge. Two-way lights are in place from Monday 16 November, and the road is fully closed on Friday 20 November.
Street lights in High Wycombe, Downley and Penn
Until Monday 7 December, the council is replacing 13 damaged street lighting assets “with new columns and energy-efficient LED lanterns”. The places named for this phase are High Wycombe, Downley, Penn and Beaconsfield, along with Amersham, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Chesham and Halton. The council does not list the streets.
A county-wide refresh of road lining “at selected locations” also continues until Monday 30 November, restoring worn road markings, studs and high-friction surfaces. Again, the locations are not named.
What the roads programme covers this year
The weekly list is part of what the council calls a £120 million roads programme. For this year it lists:
- 21 miles of roads resurfaced or reconstructed
- 52 more miles of carriageway given preventative treatment
- 57 drainage schemes, of which Parmoor Lane is one
- 30 bridge and structure projects
- 253 streetlight columns replaced
The council says more than 266 schemes are being delivered this year, and puts its projected spend on highways maintenance for 2026/27 at £67,230,275.
The West Bucks Community Board area has no planned works this week. You can check which board area you live in with the council’s Community Board finder, and see the larger schemes on its road projects page.
The council also asks drivers to go carefully through the works: “Road worker abuse has increased in recent years… Nobody should experience abuse simply for doing their job.”
Source: Buckinghamshire Council.
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