EMERGENCY repair work is to be carried out on a busy Darlington road which has already seen months of disruption.
A gas leak is forcing Transco to carry out work at the Haughton Road and McMullen Road junction.
The leak is just yards from Haughton Bridge, which has only recently been fully re-opened after strengthening work.
The bridge-strengthening work led to major disruption on the road, which is one of the main routes into Darlington.
Darlington Borough Council says the gas leak has got nothing to do with the bridge, but it will require three-way temporary traffic lights to be put back up while engineers try to resolve the problem.
The work is due to start tonight at 6pm and carry on through the night into tomorrow morning.
It is hoped that the road will revert back to having permanent traffic lights early tomorrow morning
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