SUMMER Lane in Lower Gornal will be closed to traffic for three weeks from Sunday January 8.

The lane will be temporarily closed from Church Street to Shallcross Lane until Friday January 29.

Traffic will be diverted via Church Street, Temple Street, Zoar Street, Abbey Road, Abbey Street and vice versa The closure has been ordered to enable the construction of a manhole in the carriageway to be carried out safely, Dudley highways chiefs said.