RESURFACING work gets under way on the A31 at St Leonards on Monday.

The A31 eastbound carriageway will be closed overnight between Ferndown at the Palmersford roundabout and the Boundary Lane roundabout, by Forest Edge Holiday Park in St Leonards, between 9pm and 6am.

The same stretch of road will be closed for the same times into Tuesday.

More disruption is likely when both the east and westbound carriageways are closed overnight between the two junctions overnight, between 9pm and 6am on Wednesday, May 2.

In addition, the A31 eastbound carriageway will be closed overnight from the Woolsbridge/Brocks Pine roundabout to the Ashley Heath roundabout, between the same times for nine nights, Monday to Friday only, starting on Thursday, May 3.

Highways England says that during all closures a signed diversion will be in place via Ferndown and West Parley.

The closures are part of an on-going year-long programme of maintenance on the A31.