A SECTION of the A66 will be closed for four weekends to allow for 'major resurfacing and improvement'.
From the end of January, Highways England is resurfacing four road junctions from the A66 west of Scotch Corner, between West Layton and East Layton.
To allow for the works to be completed safely, Highways England will be closing a full section of the A66 from Scotch Corner to Rokeby.
While the road will be open during the week, it will be closed for four weekends beginning Friday, January 24 to allow the work to take place.
The work will cover the Collier Lane, Moor Lane, Waitlands Lane, and New Lane junctions.
It will involve the replacement of road studs with new, solar versions and the white lines on the junctions will be refreshed.
Farm shop and café, Mainsgill Farm, which is based between East and West Layton off the A66, is very much still open for business. Diversions will be in place to allow traffic to get through, and although staff expect the works to put some customers off, they insist they will remain open as usual.
Highways England project manager Martin Milburn said: “So that we can carry this work out safely we’ll need to close the A66 completely to enable us to carry out these improvements.
"After studying the traffic flows we have decided that by closing the road at the weekend we will cause the least disruption to road users.
“We will be carrying out additional maintenance work to maximise the efficiency of these closures and I want to thank drivers for their patience while we carry out these vital improvements.”
On all four weekends contractors will be concentrating on the deep resurfacing works at East and West Layton.
The second two weekends will also be focusing on bridge parapet replacement works at Bowes.
Throughout the four weekends workers will also replace the central reserve barrier at Rokeby, replace boundary fences at New Lane junction with the A66 and other general maintenance work including tree felling and cutting back vegetation to improve visibility for drivers. Drainage improvements will be made where necessary.
The closures will be in place as follows:
- Weekend one: A66 closed between Scotch Corner and Rokeby from 9pm Friday, January 24 until 6am Monday, January 27.
- Weekend two: A66 closed between Scotch Corner and Rokeby from 9pm Friday, January 31 until 6am Monday, February 3.
- Weekend three: A66 closed between Scotch Corner and Rokeby from 9pm Friday, February 7 until 6am Monday, February 10.
- Weekend four: A66 closed between Scotch Corner and Rokeby from 9pm Friday February 14 until 6am Monday, February 17.
For more information visit highwaysengland.co.uk
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