IT has been announced that a key road in Stroud will be shut for another two weeks.

Officials from Highways Gloucestershire have said the A46 Painswick Road will be closed until Friday, August 30.

It comes as the road was supposed to reopen on Friday, August 16 after significant investigation and repair work.

The closure - between the junction with the A4713 and Pincot Lane - has been in place since Monday, July 29.

A spokesperson from Gloucestershire Highways said it was a “difficult decision” to keep the road closed.

The statement reads: “As per our previous communications this planned closure was to undertake investigation of the culvert with the hope that any repairs could also be undertaken during this period. 

“Given the silt build up in the flooded area of the field, safely locating the culvert was proving trickier than planned and required a more extensive excavation. 

“We made the difficult decision to extend our current closure to continue working now rather than having to return later and extend the inconvenience into another period. 

“The culvert has now been located and plans to create the new drainage elements connecting to the existing culvert under the A46, as well as regrading the land located around it, are underway. 

“The closure is officially until the 30th August, however we are hopeful we should be complete before this date.”

A spokesperson for Gloucestershire County Council said: “The road closure of the A46 Painswick Road was put in place to repair a culvert underneath the road.

"Safely locating the culvert was more difficult than expected and required a more extensive excavation.

“For this reason, we have made the difficult decision to extend the closure.

"The closure is officially in place until August 30 but we are hopeful we will be able to reopen the road sooner, if the work is completed before.”

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