Extensive roadworks are due to the lead to the temporary closure of large sections of various roads in Epping Forest from as early as next week.

A notice from Essex County Council in this week’s Guardian outlines the works that are due to affect roads in Epping and Ongar among other areas that could begin from March 25.

The first set of works, which will be undertaken on a phased basis, will take place in an 18-month period from March 25. Exact dates will be specified on One.network but the closures will be almost three miles long in one instance.

The temporary closures will affect:

Brentwood Road, Ongar – From its junction with Stondon Road for a distance of approximately 900 metres in a southerly direction.

Station Road/Bower Hill, Epping – From the junction with High Street to the junction with Fluxes Lane, a distance of approximately 1287m.

Crooked Mile/Holyfield Road, Waltham Abbey and Waltham Road, Nazeing – From the junction with the Crooked Mile roundabout to a point approximately 177m east of Laundry Lane, a distance of approximately 4765m.

A second set of works, which will also be undertaken in a phased manner and the order will come into effect on March 25 and may last for up to 18 months, is detailed in the same notice from the county council.

Temporary closures are 30mph speed limits are due to be implemented in these locations:

Maltings Hill, Ongar – From a point approximately 110m north west of its junction with Little Laver Road for a distance of approximately 255m in a south westerly direction.

Low Hill Road, Harlow – From its junction with Netherall Road to its junction with Parkfields, a distance of approximately 1355m.

Elsewhere, work from Affinity Water is due to lead to the four-day closure of a section of Workers Road, High Laver, from April 6.

The road will be shut to traffic from its junction with Tilegate Road for a distance of approximately 145m in a north easterly direction.

For full details of these works, including the diversions from the closures are in place, turn towards the back of this newspaper.