SURFACE repairs will lead to overnight closures of the motorway slip road by the Black Dam roundabout.

The work will take place between 10pm and 6am on Wednesday, December 18 on the northbound and southbound carriageways of the road between the roundabout and junction 6 of the M3.

The work, due to last two nights, will see traffic diverted via the A30.

Engineers from the Highways Agency will also close the link road between the southbound M3 at junction 8 and the A303 westbound carriageway on the night of Thursday, December 19.

They will install road studs, and traffic will be diverted via junction 9 of the M3 and the A33.