Overnight closures at busy roundabout

The Queen Eleanor Interchange links a trunk road with routes into Northampton, Newport Pagnell Road and Hardingstone

Overnight closures have been announced to allow for work to be carried out at a busy roundabout.

The east side of the Queen Eleanor Interchange in Northampton will be shut, along with the A45 slip roads Hardingstone Lane and Newport Pagnell Road, on 4 July between 20:00 BST and 06:00.

The west side, along with A45 slip roads Mereway and London Road, will then be closed overnight on 5 July.

West Northamptonshire Council said the closures would allow for traffic management to be installed on the roundabout and adjoining roads "to ensure the safety of road users and the workforce".

The road is normally busy, and sometimes gridlocked at peak hours

Contractors first arrived at the site at the end of March to start phased works, and the project was due to be fully completed by the end of the year.

Further night-time road closures were planned in August, with exact dates to be confirmed nearer the time.

The Queen Eleanor Interchange is about 450m (0.3 miles) from one of the three remaining crosses, which are stone monuments, erected by King Edward I in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile.

The authority previously said the junction had struggled to "keep up" with an increase in traffic and required major upgrades to widen the carriageway, resurface the road and install new traffic signs and signals.

The work included carriageway widening, new traffic signs, drainage and resurfacing