Northern Ireland

Two of Belfast's busiest roads set to be closed for major roadworks

A £100,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on a section of the Ravenhill Road began yesterday. Picture by Matt Bohill
A £100,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on a section of the Ravenhill Road began yesterday. Picture by Matt Bohill A £100,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on a section of the Ravenhill Road began yesterday. Picture by Matt Bohill

TRAFFIC problems are expected with two of Belfast's busiest roads set to be closed for major roadworks.

The Ormeau Road and the adjacent Ravenhill Road are both set to undergo resurfacing over the next few weeks.

The Department of Infrastructure said a £176,000 project along part of the Ormeau Road would begin on Monday with work expected to be carried out over five consecutive nights.

A one-way lane closure will be in place between 8pm and 10pm to accommodate countrybound traffic. However, the road will be shut to citybound traffic during these hours with a full closure for all traffic between 10pm and 6am.

The department said the resurfacing scheme, from the junction with Annadale Avenue to the junction with Drumkeen Manor, would "greatly improve the surface quality of the carriageway".

There will be diversions citybound along A55, Cregagh Road, Mount Merrion Avenue, Knockbreda Road, Rosetta Park and Ormeau Road and countrybound via Ormeau Road, Knockbreda Road, Mount Merrion Avenue, Cregagh Road, A55 and Ormeau Road.

Meanwhile, work on the nearby Ravenhill Road began last night and is set to be carried out in three phases over the next two weeks.

A £100,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on the busy route, from its junction with North Parade to the junction with Ravensdene Park, was started at 8pm with the closure of the route until 6am this morning. The same closures will happen again overnight tonight.

Five days of off-peak lane closures will begin on Monday between 9.30am and 4pm daily and finish on Friday October 5. The third phase will involve four nights of overnight road closures from 8pm to 6am from October 9 to 12.

Diversions citybound via Ormeau Road, Ormeau Embankment, Ravenhill Road and countrybound via Ravenhill Road, Ormeau Embankment, Ormeau Road, Ravenhill Road Roundabout, Ravenhill Road will be place.

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