Road closing in busy Laois Offaly town for three days

A busy road in Portarlington on the Laois Offaly border is closing for three days this week.

Laois County Council has announced that is is closing the Ballymorris Road and Crowe Lane, from the t-junction with Main Street down to the junction with Canal Road.

They will be closed between Tuesday, December 9 and Friday, December 12, from 8am to 6pm daily.

Traffic diversions will be set up, and there will be local access allowed for residents on the roads.

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The council's roads department say the road is being closed in order to carry out road improvement works