Drivers warned of road closures across Luton and Dunstable
Drivers are being warned of multiple road closures across the Luton area – while a School Street restriction in Dunstable is set to become permanent.
Hibbert Street in Luton is scheduled to close between Latimer Road and Albert Road from November 2 to 16 to allow UK Power Networks to carry out electrical network upgrades. The diversion will be via Latimer Road, New Town Street and Albert Road, with an alternative route using Albert Road, Arthur Street, Ashton Road and Hibbert Street.
Conway Road is due to close from November 2 to 5 for highway improvement and resurfacing works. The diversion will use Selbourne Road, Claremont Road and Dunstable Road, with an alternative route via Dunstable Road, Birch Link, Leagrave Road and Selbourne Road.
Westbourne Road is expected to close from November 16 to 19 to allow Cadent Gas to carry out gas connection works. A diversion will run via Conway Road, Selbourne Road, Leagrave Road and Dunstable Road.
Chapel Street is scheduled to close overnight from December 9 to 10, between Elizabeth Street and Windsor Street, for maintenance work by Affinity Water and FM Conway. The closure will run from 8pm to 5am, with traffic diverted via Farley Hill, Russell Street, Salisbury Road, Napier Road, Cardiff Road, Stuart Street, Chapel Viaduct, Hastings Street and Regent Street.
In Dunstable, Carterweys is expected to close from November 16 to December 4, between Duncombe Drive and outside number 41, to allow footway resurfacing and kerbing work. The work is set to run from 8am to 6pm, and the diversion route will run via Katherine Drive, Duncombe Drive and Carterweys.
Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, will close at its junction with Buttermilk Close from November 6 to 10 for culvert clearance and pipe and gully installation. Work is scheduled between 9am and 3.30pm. The diversion will use the B5120, A5, Watling Street, A505 and A505/B5120 connections before returning to Bedford Road.
Long Lane in Toddington is due to close between 8am and 6pm from November 4 to 6 for ducting and cabling works. The diversion will be via Park Road, Church End, Potters End, Witts End, Water End and Tingrith Road.
Meanwhile, Central Bedfordshire Council has confirmed that restrictions on Cartmel Drive in Dunstable will become permanent from October 28.
The School Street scheme will prohibit motor vehicles on the section of Cartmel Drive extending approximately 134 metres south-west from its junction with Ullswater Road. The restriction will apply during school term time, Monday to Friday, from 8.15am to 9am and from 3pm to 3.40pm.
And a licensing application has been submitted for The Sportsman on Katherine Drive, Dunstable.
Star Pubs Trading Limited has applied for a premises licence to permit live and recorded music, alcohol sales from 11am to 1am Monday to Saturday and noon to 11.30pm on Sundays, and late-night refreshments from 11pm to 1am from Monday to Saturday and from 11pm to 11.30pm on Sundays.
The deadline for comments is November 10, via [email protected] or to Central Bedfordshire Council Licensing Authority, Thorn Turn, Grendall Lane, Houghton Regis, LU5 6GJ.
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