County’s big annual clean-up means some roads will be closed

SEVERAL key roads across Derbyshire will be fully or partially closed over the coming months as they receive their annual clean.

Derbyshire County Council has released the list of roads affected, with the work carried out every year to keep the carriageways tidy.

The list includes the A6, A38, A52, A61 and others over a six-week programme of works. The varying nature of the works affects whether a road will be closed in its entirety or just some lanes shut.

The work will include cutting the grass on the central reservations and at the sides of the roads, picking up litter, emptying gullies and drains, fixing potholes, and any other bits of maintenance work that need carrying out. It will begin on Sunday, July 17 and end on Sunday, August 28. The County Council cabinet member for highways assets and transport, Councillor Kewal Singh Athwal, said: “By bringing together different teams from the county council and our district and borough partners to do this vital work, we can be more efficient and not impact the travelling public too much.

“We don’t start this work until July so that we are kinder to nature by letting the grass grow a bit longer so that some native species are given longer to flower or seed. Most of the dual carriageways will only have lane closures, but we will need to fully close some of them to enable the work to be carried out safely so I’d like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.” Planned closures:

A6

Monday, August 1 - Thursday, August 4: A6 Chapel bypass – lanes closed 7am to 3.30pm

Friday, August 5: A6 Taddington – lanes closed 9.30am-3.30pm

A38

Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31: A38 South Normanton – lanes closed 4am-11am

A515

Sunday, July 17: A515 Collycroft – road closed 4am-11am

A52

Thursday, July 21: A52 Shirley Hollow – lanes closed 9.30am- 3.30pm

A61

Monday, July 18: A61 Alfreton – lanes closed 9.30am-3.30pm Monday, July 25: A61 Bowshaw – lanes closed 9.30am-3.30pm Saturday, August 13: A61 Tesco to Horns Bridge – road closed 6am-6pm

Sunday, August 14: A61 Tesco to Whittington Moor – road closed 6am-6pm

Saturday, August 20: A61 Dronfield bypass – road closed 6am-6pm Sunday, August 21: A61 Dronfield bypass – road closed 6am- 6pm

A6135

Sunday, August 28: A6135 / A616 Junction 30 (Barlborough) – lanes closed 4am-11am

A617

Saturday, July 23: A617 Hornsbridge to Temple Normanton – road closed 6am-6pm

Sunday, July 24: A617 Heath to Temple Normanton – road closed 6am-6pm

Tuesday, July 26: A617 Lordmill Street – lanes closed 4am-11am Saturday, August 27: A617 Junction 29 (Doe Lee) – lanes closed 6am-6pm

A619

Wednesday, July 27: A619 Markham Road – lanes closed 4am-11am Saturday, August 6: A619 Rother Way – road closed 4am-11am Monday, August 8 - Tuesday, August 9: A619 Baslow Road – road closed 6pm-6am

A621

Tuesday, July 19: A621 Owler Bar roundabout – lanes closed 9.30am-3.30pm

A632

Wednesday, July 20: A632 Slack Hill – road closed northbound 9.30am-3.30pm