A MAJOR road that links Mossley and Stalybridge will be closed for two weekends as vital roadworks take place.
Manchester Road – which runs through Bottom Mossley and later becomes Wakefield Road – will shut on Friday, July 5 and reopen on Monday, July 8, with the same happening again seven days later, because of an electricity scheme.
Also on Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7, traffic will not be allowed under Black Rock Bridge at Heyrod, where the road names change, between 6am and 6pm.
Electricity North West (ENW) is installing new cables in the Mossley area, meaning the closures between Manchester Road’s junctions with Tame Valley Close and Spring Mill Drive as it upgrades the supply through the town.
While that is going on, Tameside Council, in conjunction with ENW, will undertake essential highway maintenance works to avoid shutting the road twice.
As a result, Wakefield Road will be closed at Block Rock Bridge.
Drivers will still be able to reach Bottom Mossley either from Stalybridge via Huddersfield Road, Staley Road and Waggon Road or Egmont Street, or from Ashton-under-Lyne via the A670 Mossley Road and Stamford Road.