A main city road is to close for nearly a week to allow engineers to repair a gas leak.

Sprowston Road will be closed between May 24 and May 30, close to the Northcote Road junction, for scheduled gas leak repairs.

The closure will affect First Bus' Pink Line services in both directions.

Services operating out of the city centre will go via Constitution Hill and Wall Road, resuming their usual route after that.

Services operating towards the city will continue along Sprowston Road until the Gertrude Road stop and will turn right into Denmark Road.

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A spokesman for Cadent said: “This is a scheduled repair to a minor gas leak which has taken place in Sprowston Road.

"Following discussions with the Highways Agency, which is already undertaking works in the area, we didn’t want to cause further disruption so have been monitoring the situation and our engineers will be carrying out repairs starting on Wednesday, May 24.

“We would like to remind everyone that if they ever suspect a gas leak then they should call the National Gas Emergency Service number on 0800 111 999."