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Latest new road to open as Mile End roundabout work continues

Drivers will face another change to their route as work progresses on a major revamp of a Shropshire junction.

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The new road, pictured right, connects the A5 and the new rooundabout, while the original approach to Mile End from Shrewsbury will close

A new roundabout has been built next to Mile End roundabout in the latest in a series of changes to the busy road layout on the outskirts of Oswestry.

And now the road connecting the A5 to the new roundabout is due to open on Friday, meaning the original approach to Mile End from Shrewsbury will close.

Shropshire Council says work at the roundabout is "proceeding to plan" and the change in route will take place once the new "eastern tie-in" road is finished.

Drivers heading towards Gobowen and Wrexham have already been exiting the original roundabout via the new island while work continues.

In a statement a council spokesman said: "After the switch, the length of original road to the east of Mile End roundabout - between the roundabout and the new alignment - will not reopen until the completion of the project. This area of road will be used to complete the final works on the project."

The road experts say every effort will be made to stick to planned progress up to December 17. But they warn that "operational, logistical or weather related matters beyond our control may cause these to be amended."

On the lead up to Christmas, the project crew will be busy carrying out activities such as laying new surfacing for the existing roundabout, installing further lamp columns, completing the drainage installations and undertaking landscaping works.

After Christmas, activities such as further landscaping and planting will be carried out, as well as installation of fencing and the final road signs for the project.

On November 23 the council warned drivers to watch road signs and not their SatNavs following reports of motorists taking instructions that led them into the site compound.

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