DELAYS and diversions will affect drivers this week as work continues to renew street lighting on the A31 at Wimborne.

Both carriageways between the Merley roundabout and the Roundhouse roundabout will be closed overnight between 9pm and 6am until Thursday December 19, Monday to Friday only.

Motorists wanting to travel westbound will be diverted south on the A341 and onto the A349, continue south then west onto the A350/A35, then north on the A350 to Roundhouse roundabout

Those wishing to travel eastbound will be diverted south on the A350 at Roundhouse roundabout to the A35, then west on the A35 to the A349, then north on the A341 to the Merley roundabout

Traffic wanting to join the A31 from the northern side of Lake Gates roundabout will be diverted towards Wimborne Minster, then along the B3073 Oakley Hill to either pick up the main diversion for A31 westbound or join the A31 eastbound at the Merley roundabout.