Residents have won their fight for a temporary road in the Ironbridge gorge, after hundreds signed a petition, council chiefs revealed yesterday.
Businesses and residents held a meeting following the temporary road closure at Lloyds Head in Jackfield, as it was the main route for tourists from Ironbridge to Jackfield.
Improvement works were due to start yesterday.
Worried they would lose custom and profits, 300 people signed a petition in a fight for a temporary road to be put in place and planned to hold another meeting later this month.
The closure came after land movement near The Black Swan public house damaged the highway at Lloyds Head in April.
Telford & Wrekin Council closed part of the road to vehicles, and it has remained closed since.
A temporary diversion was put in place via Calcutts Road and Ironbridge Road and is expected to be in operation for several months.
Changes will include temporary traffic lights at the junction of Calcutts Road and Ironbridge Road, and temporary diversion signs will be replaced by more permanent ones for the duration of the diversion.
Council bosses also plan to put up a barrier at one end of Chapel Road, after residents raised concern about the number of drivers using it as a short cut.
The council also plans to build a temporary road near the closed route to restore a direct route from the Jackfield Bridge to Jackfield, following the residents’ calls.
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