The National Works Agency (NWA) advised Wednesday that a section of the Trout Hall to Grantham main road in Clarendon will be closed today, in the vicinity of the old orange orchard, to facilitate emergency drainage repairs.

Community relations officer for the NWA’s Southern Region Howard Hendriks said the section of road will be excavated in order to remove and replace a defective drainage pipe, and so will be closed between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm.

During the period of closure, the alternative route will be as follows: travelling from the direction of Trout Hall toward Frankfield, motorists should keep right toward James Hill, then onto the Park Hall Road and travel along Cupid and Green River roads, then re-enter the main road to Frankfield. The reverse obtains for people travelling from the direction of Frankfield.

However, the NWA said operators of large trucks and articulated vehicles should not use this route as sections are narrow and will not facilitate easy movement. “Those motorists are being urged to use the route through Cave Valley or to plan their movements outside the time of the repair works,” said the agency.

According to the NWA, the culvert replacement works are expected to positively impact movement to major communities such as Crofts Hill, Spalding, Frankfield, James Hill, Crooked River and Chapelton.