Works labelled a 'necessary evil' will close a major route through a Notts village where local residents say they 'smell gas on the roads'. Main Street in Burton Joyce will be closed between October 11 and December 9 to allow Cadent Gas to carry out the next stage of a upgrade of the village's gas pipes.
The route, which is used by many motorists cutting through the village to go elsewhere in Nottinghamshire, will be fully closed as part of works started in July. By the time the project is over 1,000 metres of gas main will have been replaced in order to keep the network safe and reliable.
Traffic will be diverted around the closure, which locals have labelled a 'necessary evil'. Jenna Jones, 34, a receptionist from Burton Joyce, said people could sometimes smell the gas from the old pipes.
