Essential resurfacing work is to take place between Stonehouse and Canderside Toll in South Lanarkshire.

Overnight closures will be implemented during the project.

The majority of the work will take place during the night but it will require the closure of the A71 between Stonehouse and Canderside Toll for six consecutive nights.

The road will be closed from 8pm to 5am every night from the evening of Sunday 09 September to the morning of Saturday 15 September.

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Gordon MacKay, the council's Head of Roads and Transportation, said: "These overnight closures have been planned to ensure this resurfacing work can be completed safely while causing the least possible disruption to the people in Stonehouse and other road users.

"We will do everything we can to maintain access to local properties during the closure periods and we apologise in advance for the unavoidable inconvenience this important maintenance work will cause." 

During the periods of overnight closure the official diversion route will be via Strathaven and Hamilton.

(CM/MH)