Roadworks on the A76 at East Polquhirter Farm begin tonight and the road will be closed from 8pm (Monday, October 5) and will not open until 6am the following morning.
The road will be closed for four nights this week between the hours of 8pm-6am on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night as well as Monday.
The A76 runs from Kilmarnock to Dumfries via Mauchline, Auchinleck, Cumnock, New Cumnock, and Sanquhar. Anybody travelling to those destinations could be affected by the closures.
Drivers are being advised that diversionary routes will be made available and that they are to allow an extra 30 minutes for their journey times.
Special arrangements have been made for emergency service vehicles.
Amey will be completing the work on the 0.6km stretch of the A76 on behalf of Scotland’s South West Trunk Roads Network.
To complete the work safely and quickly the company have deemed it necessary to close the road for a temporary period overnight.
Tony Chambers, Amey’s Senior Civil Engineer on the project said: “This is an important section of the trunk road network, and as such is used by emergency services, freight, retail and delivery traffic as part of their essential working. It is vital that we complete these works in order to maintain road safety. This project will be carried out under a series of overnight closures of the local trunk road, in order to reduce the future impact on communities as they recover at this time.
“On behalf of Transport Scotland, Amey would like to take this opportunity to thank our customers for their patience while we deliver this important improvement project.”
Emma Burns, Amey’s Planned Maintenance Manager added: “Amey fully recognises the importance of a safe and reliable trunk road network and we are supporting Transport Scotland as they expect to invest £471million in maintenance in 2020/21. The health and safety of our workers and those working on our behalf, is of the utmost importance, and projects will only be taken forward where we can ensure their safety as a priority.
“An efficient and well-managed trunk road network is particularly important to supporting essential supply chains and the wider economy across South West Scotland at this time. Working in collaboration with Transport Scotland, we have identified a number of essential maintenance projects, which are being prioritised over the coming weeks.”
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