Norfolk County Council has been attacked for its decision to shut Haven Bridge in Great Yarmouth to vehicles for almost two weeks of £118,000 repairs and maintenance from Monday (December 1).

Haven Bridge in Great Yarmouth (Image: George Ryan / Newsquest)

A county councillor who represents the town has branded the timing of the closure - in the weeks before Christmas, when shops are likely to busy - as "absolutely nonsensical".

Labour county councillor Mike Smith-Clare (Image: Labour Party)

Mike Smith-Clare, Labour county councillor for Yarmouth Nelson and Southtown, said the town was being placed in an "unnecessary lockdown".

He said: "The closure of Haven Bridge at this time of year and the impact it will have on........

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