A NEWTON Abbot road currently closed for gas works will reopen this month, Wales and West Utilities have said.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the company’s work to upgrade the gas pipes along Highweek Street will be completed in April.

The company did not give an exact date, however Devon County Council’s interactive roadworks map says April 11, though it also says April 18.

In any case, the reopening of Highweek Street will not mark the end of Wales and West Utilities’ work in Newton Abbot.

‘We will be finished along Highweek Street in April, with the wider project across Newton Abbot completing in July’ Wales & West Utilities’ Programme Controller, Roxanne Whittaker, says.

‘This work is part of a wider project in the area and is essential to keep the gas flowing safely to heat and power local homes and businesses’ Roxanne added.