LONG-RUNNING works on the A61 will continue until November.
Earlier this year Barnsley Council said the scheme would be finished in June, before unforeseen issues caused further delays, with August and then September being earmarked for its completion.
While the quality bus corridor works next to Wickes will be completed by mid-September, the council is taking the opportunity to bring forward resurfacing work on the troublesome road to follow on directly after the completion of the scheme.
Resurfacing will be carried out on Old Mill Lane and Wakefield Road between the completed scheme and the junction with Carlton Road and Reasbeck Terrace, where the old Woodman public house stood.
Works between the bridge over the River Dearne on Old Mill Lane and Reasbeck Terrace will start on Sunday, September 1 and will last for approximately ten weeks.
The majority of the works will be carried out during the day but some night work will be necessary.
During the works there will be a one-way road closure between Burton Road and Smithies Lane.
One-way traffic will be maintained out of town with incoming traffic being officially diverted via Rotherham Road and Pontefract Road. Local traffic will be allowed to use Carlton Road and Burton Road.
Access to properties will be maintained throughout the duration of the works and every effort will be made to keep disruption to a minimum. However, due to the nature of the works some disruption of access may occur while work is carried out in the vicinity of properties.
Cllr Roy Miller said: "Rather than complete the bus corridor and open up the road, only to close it all down again when the time came to do the scheduled resurfacing, we decided to bring the resurfacing forward and add it on to the end of the current works.
"I appreciate that this extends the inconvenience around the area for a while longer, and for that I can only apologise. However, we feel that this way minimises the amount of disruption, so we ask for motorists, and local residents and businesses, to bear with us just a little while longer."
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