ROAD closures for next weekends V Festival in Chelmsford have been announced.

The festival, at Hylamds Park from Friday, August 15, to Sunday, August 17, will be headlined this year by Justin Timberlake and The Killers.

The temporary measures are in place to ensure festival goers and residents living near the site are disrupted as little as possible.

Residents and festival goers can keep up to date with the latest traffic news over the weekend by following @Essex_Travel on Twitter.

Details of the temporary traffic measures – which are the same as last year – are as follows:

Widford Park Estate From 07:00 Friday 15th August - 06:00 Monday 18th August

Whitebeam Close, Widford Road, Widford Grove, Links Drive, Widford Chase, Widford Park Place, Widford Close, Wood Street (part of)

Writtle Estate From 07:00 Friday 15th August - 06:00 Monday 18th August

Lucerne Way, Buglers Rise, Hunts Close, Paradise Road, Pound Fields, Hunts Drive, Rectory Road, Shakeston Close, The Priory, Romans Way

From 07:00 Saturday 16th August - 06:00 Monday 18th August Margaretting Road from its junction with Lodge Road to the roundabout with Greenbury Way.

Prohibition of right turn: A414 Greenbury Way

From 16:00 Thursday 14th August - 06:00 Tuesday 19th August

Gaps in Three Mile Hill

Between 19:00 on 14 August and 15:00 on 18 August.

The Essex County Council (A414 London Road (Three Mile Hill), Margaretting and Chelmsford) (Prohibition of Driving) Order 2011 shall be temporarily suspended. The two gaps that this Order closes will be open between 21:00 on 17 August and 02:00 on 18 August, 21:00 on 18 August and 14:00 on 19 August.

Viaduct Road, Chelmsford

19:00 Saturday 16th August - 06:00 Sunday 17th August, 19:00 Sunday 17th August - 06:00 Monday 18th August

Margaretting Road (South of Greenbury Way Roundabout), Writtle Road, Wantz Road

21:00 Saturday 16th August - 06:00 Sunday 17th August, 21:00 Sunday 17th August - 06:00 Monday 18th August. This closure will only affect vehicles wishing to travel North from the Furze Hill Slip

A414 London Road/Three Mile Hill

21:00 Saturday 16th August - 05:00 Sunday 17th August, 21:00 Sunday 17th August - 16:00 Monday 18th August. From its junction with Webbs Farm Roundabout travelling in a northerly direction towards Chelmsford

A414 Greenbury Way Roundabout with Margaretting Road

09:00 Monday 18th August - 16:00 Monday 18th August. No ahead movement and no right turn from Margaretting Road (north of the roundabout) also no right turn from the A414 Greenbury Way East Bound into Margaretting Road (south of the roundabout)

B1002 A12 Slip Road Roundabout

09:00 Friday 15th August - 20:00 Friday 15th August; 21:00 Saturday 16th August - 05:00 Sunday 17th August; 21:00 Sunday 17th August - 05:00 Monday 18th August; 08:30 Monday 18th August - 16:00 Monday 18th August. On the Western Side of the roundabout preventing traffic travelling in a northerly direction.

A414 Greenbury Way Roundabout with A414 London Road

Between 09:00 and 20:00 on 15 August, between 09:00 and 16:00 on 16 August, between 09:00 and 16:00 on 17 August and between 09:00 and 16:00 on 18 August.

No ahead movement and no right turn from A414 Greenbury Way (west of the roundabout) also no right turn from the A414 London Road North Bound into Widford Road (east of the roundabout)

A414 Greenbury Way Roundabout with A414 London Road

No ahead movement and no right turn from A414 London Road (south of the roundabout) also no right turn from Widford Road (east of the roundabout).

Between 22:00 on 16 August and 02:00 on 17 August and between 22:00 on 17 August and 02:00 on 18 August.

Speed Limit: A414 Greenbury Way, A414 London Road/Three Mile Hill and Margaretting Road (South of the Roundabout)

30 mph 18:00 14th August until 20:00 Monday 18th August

Coval Lane

Suspension of Parking bays and introduction of no waiting accept buses Thursday 14th August at 18:00hrs and continue in effect until 15:00hrs Monday 18th August.

Waiting prohibited from 07:00 on 15 August until 07:00 on 18 August

A414 London Road, A414 Greenbury Way, B1002, Main Road, Private Road, Widford Road, Margaretting Road, South Romans Place, Romans Way, The Priory, Penrose Mead, Loves Walk, Long Brandocks, Millfields, The Coverts.

Waiting and loading prohibited

Lodge Road from 07:00 on 15 August until 07:00 on 18 August.