Road to be resurfaced ahead of summer holidays

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Federica Bedendo

BBC News, North East and Cumbria

The A66 is a key route to popular Lake District towns such as Keswick

Google A Google Streetview screenshot of the A66 with the Braithwaite Institute to the left. It is a long, squat white building with a pitched roof and relatively small windows, looking a bit like a primary school from between the wars. There is a green road sign pointing to Braithwaite. The road is single carriageway and bordered by trees. Large hills rise in the background. — The A66 is a key route to popular Lake District towns such as Keswick

A key route to a holiday hotspot is set to be resurfaced ahead of summer as part of a £1m project.

Work is starting on Tuesday on the A66 between Braithwaite and Portinscale, near Keswick in Cumbria, and is expected to continue until 6 June.

National Highways said work will take place between 19:00 BST and 05:00 each night to limit disruption, with temporary traffic lights and a convoy system in place overnight.

Side road closures and diversions will be in place when resurfacing is taking place alongside the Keswick, Portinscale and Braithwaite junctions.

William Paterson, project manager at National Highways, said: "We'll be removing roadworks over the late spring bank holiday at the end of the month to help people on long weekend journeys."

A separate £1.9 million project to resurface the westbound A66 around Troutbeck, east of Keswick, started last month.

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