Drivers face a 13-mile diversion while a major route in Leicestershire is closed. The A606 will be partly shut to allow repair work to be carried out.

The closures will take place on the stretch of the A606 at Melton Road, Nether Broughton, and Nottingham Road, Ab Kettleby, between 9am and 3pm on Monday, September 15, and Tuesday, September 16.

Leicestershire County Council said the work needed to be done for “public safety” and would include “carriageway surface repair and kerbing works”. The full length of the diversion is 13.35 miles and is expected to add 18 minutes to journeys.

The diversion will see drivers being sent along the A46 , A6006 and Six Hills Lane (the B676). The A606 is a busy route which runs through Melton and the north-east of Leicestershire.

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