HIGHWAYS chiefs have issued an emergency road closure notice for New Street, Dudley, for patching works to take place.

The street will be closed to traffic from 7pm tonight (Thursday October 24) until 7am on Friday October 25.

The closure will be from Tower Street to Castle Street.

All traffic will be diverted via: Tower Street and The Broadway.

Dudley’s highways department said the closure has been ordered to enable carriageway patching to take place safely.