Roadworks which began the day schools went back after the holidays could bring traffic misery to a village for weeks to come, it is feared.
Newhey Road, in Milnrow, is being dug up so work on sewers serving the ‘state-of-the-art’ medical centre currently being built can be completed by a contractor.
The work began on Monday and the road will be closed for two weeks before temporary traffic lights are installed for a further four weeks.
The closure means traffic cannot enter to Milnrow from the direction of Newhey, instead having to take alternative routes along Elizabethan Way, Bridge Street and Dale Street.
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