TEMPORARY traffic lights will be in place on Leven Bank Road in Yarm from June 25 for ten weeks as essential work to strengthen the nearby river bank gets under way.
Stockton Borough Council is carrying out the work on a 40 metre section of riverbank which runs directly alongside the road.
One side of the road will be closed to enable access to the river bank, and two way traffic lights will be in place until the work is complete.
Cabinet member for Environment and Transport, Councillor Mike Smith, said: “We have scheduled most of the work to coincide with the summer holidays, when traffic is generally a lot lighter, but there will inevitably be some disruption.
“It’s essential that we do this work and on completion, the strengthening of the river bank will protect the road from the effects of water erosion for years to come.”
The nearby 17/X17 bus stop will be out of use for the duration of the work, but a thoroughfare for pedestrians will be maintained at all times.
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