A BUSY Dorchester road is set to close next week as maintenance and resurfacing works are carried out.

Part of Herringston Road will be closed to traffic from 9am to 4pm for five days from Friday, October 17 to Tuesday, October 21.

During these times a signed diversion route will be in place.

The closure will affect a 728-metre stretch of Herringston Road from the junction with Maumbury Road to outside the Winterbourne Hospital.

The works are weather dependent and if they are completed sooner the route may not be closed for all five days.

For more information contact the Dorset highways operation team on 01305 228100.