National Grid works will mean closure of Rhayader road
A ROAD in Rhayader will be closed for part of a day next week while work is carried out to overhead electric cables.
Powys County Council's highways department said that Dark Lane will be closed next Tuesday, June 17.
The temporary road closure will be in place from 8.30am to 3.30pm.
The local authority said that the closure is in place so that National Grid can conduct work on 'overhead reconductoring'.
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