Drivers are being warned that a stretch of the A12 in north Essex will be closed tonight. 

National Highways has said the northbound carriageway of the A12 will be closed  from junction 25 at Marks Tey to junction 26 at Stanway for “final road resurfacing and finishing work". 

A spokesman for National Highways apologised for the late notice.

The spokesman added: "Unfortunately, the wet weather has meant that we haven’t been able to do some of our final work.

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“So we still have a bit more work to do on the northbound stretch this week, including removing the roadwork barriers, applying white lines and inserting road studs or cats eyes.

“To do this work, we’ll need a couple of overnight road closures this week to complete the project.”

The northbound carriageway was closed on Tuesday to allow work to be carried out. 

A diversion will be in place on Wednesday night, with traffic diverted to exit the A12 via the junction 25 northbound exit slip road at Marks Tey and eventually re-joining the A12 northbound via the Junction 26 northbound entry slip road.