A RESIDENTIAL road is set to close so broadband internet work can be carried out.

Fitchs Crescent, in Maldon, will be temporarily closed for the safety of the public and workforce while excavation works are completed by Swish Fibre.

The road opposite Promenade Park is due to be closed for 12 days from Monday, February 20.

A spokesman for Essex County Council said: “The effect of the order is to temporarily close that length of Fitchs Crescent from its northern-most junction with Park Drive for a distance of approximately 90m in a south westerly direction.

“An order is also in place to temporarily close that length of Fitchs Crescent from its southern-most junction with Park Drive for a distance of approximately 70m in a south westerly direction."

No alternative route is available during the work.