A MAJOR road through the heart of Nailsworth is set for major resurfacing works to fill potholes next month.

Work on the A46 Stroud Road and Bath Road will go ahead from Thursday April 6 till Tuesday 18.

Night closures will be in place between 7pm-7am, to complete the work as swiftly as possible and keep traffic running smoothly for local businesses, schools, road users and residents.

During working hours the A46 will be closed from near the Shell petrol station right through the town and up the hill to the junction with Tetbury Lane.

During the work, asphalt thirteen times the weight of the space shuttle - 1000 tonnes – will be laid by the council’s highways contractor AMEY.

This will be over an area 8000 metres square: one-and-a-half times as big as a football field.

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The road will be open during commuting hours, school runs and around the clock during weekends.

Gloucestershire County Council said a signposted alternative route will be in place during the closure.

This huge diversion will send traffic via Stroud – A38 – Cambridge – Dursley – Cam – Kingscot – Calcot Crossroads and vice versa.

Cllr Vernon Smith, Conservative cabinet member for highways and flood said: “The county council has almost completed its yearly programme of resurfacing.

“This work in Nailsworth will help make this important stretch of road smooth and pothole free in the future.”

Cllr Dorcas Binns, county councillor for Nailsworth added: “This work will be a great improvement and reduce the need for roadworks in the future.

“I am delighted that Nailsworth residents will benefit from the county’ council’s highway investment this year.”