Cumbria County Council is to spend £200,000 resurfacing stretches of one a Britain's highest and most picturesque roads.
At 1,489 feet (454 m), the A592 Kirkstone Pass Road is the highest road pass in the Lake District with gradients of one in four along its winding route between the A591 near Windermere and the shores of Ullswater.
Cumbria County Council will start work on reconstructing two stretches of carriageway at the Windermere end of the Kirkstone Pass Road from Monday 29th October.
This first phase will use temporary traffic lights to keep vehicles moving but the road will have to be closed completely from November 5th between 9am and 5pm for up to five days.
Special arrangements have been made for school buses to pass during the road closure and emergency vehicles will be allowed through.
Local people may know routes around the closure, such as via Holbeck Gill or The Struggle, but official diversions must, by law, only send traffic along roads similar to the one that has been closed to make sure that drivers of big vehicles like buses and lorries don't get stuck or do damage driving on unsuitable minor roads.
The official diversion, therefore, will direct people towards Kendal and along the A6 towards Penrith and then south west along the A592 beside Ullswater to Glenridding.
The first stretch of resurfacing will cover around 500 metres of road from Cook House Corner roundabout north towards The Mortal Man pub. Work will then follow on the second stretch near Troutbeck.
The work is not expected to have any major impact on traffic on the A591.
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