TEMPORARY traffic lights are set to cause misery for motorists for up to six weeks on the A590 between Barrow and Ulverston.

Work to boost flood resilience along a section of the A590 between Dalton and Ulverston in Cumbria will get under way on Monday October 10.

The £410,000 Highways England project to repair and improve drainage between Dalton roundabout and Queen Street in Ulverston is set to take 6 weeks and be completed by Sunday 20 November.

The repairs include improving access to the drainage system to reduce disruption to drivers during future maintenance.

Highways England project manager Peter Gee said: “Although these are routine wear and tear repairs, the work will increase the resilience of the route to flooding, providing drivers with safer, more reliable journeys.

"We’ve planned the work to take place during quieter times of the day and overnight to minimise disruption to people’s journeys.”

The work will be taking place – with narrow lanes or temporary traffic lights - between 8pm and 6am overnight for the first week followed by working between 9.30am and 3.30pm, as well as overnight, for the rest of the project.

The work will be done in several phases with only a short section of the route affected by traffic management at any one time.

Also starting on Monday, the eastbound carriageway at Arrad Foot will be closed for three weeks, with traffic running in both directions using a contraflow system on the westbound dual carriageway with a 40 mph speed limit.

The closure at Arrad Foot is to allow rock fall netting to be installed alongside the carriageway.

The A590 between Booths roundabout in Ulverston and Greenodd will also be closed overnight on Sunday October 30 between 8pm and 5am.

The official, 18-mile diversion which will be in place will direct traffic to turn off at the Greenodd roundabout and follow the A5092 through Kirkby and Askam before turning back towards Ulverston on the A590 from the Elliscales roundabout.

Works to be carried out include patching and repairing potholes, cleaning out the gullies and dealing with vegetation.