Vicarage Road will be closed for several nights over the next week or so as “much-needed” resurfacing finally takes place.

The street, which is home to the town’s football club and hospital, will undergo repairs that start tonight.

All of the work will take place during the night with full road closures necessary.

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The first phase takes place between the junctions of Hagden Lane and Banbury Street.

It will mean there is no access in this part of Vicarage Road between the hours of 8pm and 5am on October 24, 25, and 26. This will also be the case on November 1.

The other phase of work will be between the junctions of Banbury Street and Farraline Road.

This will also be between 8pm and 5am on October 27, 28, and 31.

Diversion signs will be installed for motorists.

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West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust says those wanting to access the hospital when Vicarage Road is shut should use the Thomas Sawyer Way entrance

While work is ongoing, there will be no closures in place in Vicarage Road on any days outside of 8pm and 5am, nor this weekend.

West Watford Labour county councillor Nigel Bell says Vicarage Road has needed resurfacing for a long time.

He said last month: “At last, the much-needed and long-awaited resurfacing for the main stretch of Vicarage Road, which is in such a terrible state and I have been lobbying for along with residents, [is happening].”

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