DRIVERS are suffering delays as roadworks along a key route in Worcester city centre continue.

Motorists driving east along Croft Road towards Worcester Bridge are finding one of the lanes is closed as it is coned off.

The inner lane of the road is closed near Grandstand Road, being used for traffic going in the opposite direction. 

Worcester News: DELAYS: Croft Road, WorcesterDELAYS: Croft Road, Worcester (Image: Sam Greenway/Newsquest)It means two lanes of traffic are being reduced to one lane, and anyone turning right from Croft Road into Grandstand Road holds up the traffic behind. 
Worcester News: CLOSURE: Footpath closure Croft RoadCLOSURE: Footpath closure Croft Road (Image: Sam Greenway/Newsquest)

There is also a footpath closure in the road.

The closure is listed on Worcestershire Highways website as National Grid roadworks for Utility Repair and Maintenance Works. 

The roadworks, which began earlier this month, are scheduled to end on Friday, (November 24).