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A453 will be closed between Finger Farm Island and East Midlands Gateway

On the evening of 10th July into the morning of 11th July, between 8pm and 6am, the A453 will be closed between Finger Farm Island and East Midlands Gateway to enable carriageway surfacing to take place.

During this time, the following diversions will be in place...

skylink Derby - will need to divert on journeys towards Leicester only. All Leicester bound services will need to divert from Pegasus Business Park via the A453 and then proceed through Diseworth and Long Whatton, resuming the normal route in Hathern. We’ll be unable to serve East Midlands Gateway and Kegworth in its entirety on journeys towards Loughborough and Leicester. Customers from Derby wishing to travel to East Midlands Gateway or Kegworth will need to stay on board to Hathern and change to a Derby bound service. Customers from Kegworth or East Midlands Gateway will need to board a derby bound service and change at East Midlands Airport for buses towards Loughborough and Leicester.

Stops missed on skylink Derby are...

East Midlands Gateway

Suthers Road

Packington Hill

Kegworth Church

Whatton Road

skylink Derby towards Derby is unaffected and will be able to serve the whole route as normal.