A MAIN Mauchline road will close this evening, it has been announced.

Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA), which operates roads on behalf of East Ayrshire Council, has said that an "emergency road closure" has been put in place on Ayr Road.

The closure is taking place for work on the railway bridge on the edge of Mauchline.

It is added that the road will be closed between the hours of 10pm and 6am each night until Saturday, September 28.

The works were originally due to take place on this section of road on October 14 and 15.

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Emergency Road Closure - Ayr Road, Mauchline - https://orlo.uk/s6xaw - Temporary road closure - Wednesday 25 to Saturday 28 September - Road closed between 10:00pm to 6:00am East Ayrshire Council

Posted by Ayrshire Roads Alliance on Wednesday 25 September 2024

Other scheduled work is due to go ahead as planned.

An alternative route for the duration of the closures is in place via B743 Ayr Road, B730 Montgomerie Street, B744, A76 Kilmarnock Road, B743 Loudon Street and vice versa.