THE A338 Wessex Way will be closed tonight and tomorrow night for grass cutting.

From 9.30pm, the road will be closed both ways from County Gates Roundabout to Bournemouth West Roundabout.

The road will also be shut northbound between Bournemouth West and Springbourne roundabouts. This side will reopen at around 11.30pm before the road is closed southbound.

Traffic will be diverted at King’s Park slip road and Holdenhurst Road.

The same stretch of road between Bournemouth West Roundabout and Springbourne Roundabout will be closed again tomorrow, starting with the northbound side at 9.30pm and the southbound side at around 11.30pm (or later if the Blackwater section is incorporated).