Warning of four weeks of closures on main route

8 hours ago

Andy GiddingsWest Midlands

News image — The roadworks would involve the laying of a new "high-friction" road surface, highways staff said.

Getty Images A large red, white and black sign with an image of a man with a shovel on it — The roadworks would involve the laying of a new "high-friction" road surface, highways staff said.

Drivers are being warned of a series of overnight closures on a main route between England and Wales over the next four weeks.

The A483 in Shropshire will be shut between Llynclys and Llanymynech, on the border with Wales, between 20:00 and 06:00 GMT each day, from Monday to 20 March, National Highways said.

They will allow contractors to lay a "high-friction" road surface, repaint road markings and carry out drainage surveys.

Joseph Walmsley, from National Highways, said the new road surface would "ensure people have a better chance of stopping if someone pulls into their path".

He described the work as "essential maintenance" of the A483 and at Llynclys Crossroads.

Access for emergency vehicles, as well as to The White Lion and The Garden Lodge, would be maintained at all times, a spokesperson added.

Diversions will be in place and delays should be expected, they said, adding that staff would return later in the year to carry out more surveys.

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