TWO Wollescote streets will be closed to traffic until Sunday while gas main repairs are carried out, highways chiefs have said.

Belmont Road, Wollescote, between Pearson Street and Careless Green, and Perrins Lane, Wollescote, between Belmont Road and Monument Avenue, will be closed until Sunday November 29.

Dudley Council's highways chiefs say the closures are needed while gas main replacement work is carried out.

Access to frontages will be maintained where safe.

The alternative route for traffic is via Monument Avenue (west), Monument Avenue (north), Belmont Road, Pearson Street, Crabbe Street, Careless Green, and vice versa.