Photos have given a latest look at resurfacing works on a major Watford road as nine days of overnight closures are set to end soon.

Hertfordshire Highways has been carrying out roadworks in St Albans Road from The Dome roundabout to Longspring between 8pm to 5am Wednesday (August 28) to Saturday (August 31).

A second stage of works will also see the stretch between Bedford Street and West Street resurfaced on overnight closures from tonight until Thursday (September 5).

St Albans Road near The Dome roundabout before the works.St Albans Road near The Dome roundabout before the works. (Image: Hertfordshire Highways)

The major road's surface has become worn due to the "high volume of traffic", according to the highways body,

In a post online, it shared before and after images of the stretch which has had potholes filled-in, a new surface laid and fresh road markings painted.The major road has been resurfaced near The Dome roundabout.The major road has been resurfaced near The Dome roundabout. (Image: Hertfordshire Highways) Closures will be in place from 8pm to 5am, although workers will abide by a midnight noise curfew for local residents.

The main stretch of St Albans Road between Balmoral Road and Bedford Street, which was previously labelled “pothole city” by North Watford county councillor Asif Khan, will be resurfaced later in October.

Cllr Asif Khan and former Cllr Dennis Watling at pothole city.Cllr Asif Khan and former Cllr Dennis Watling at pothole city. (Image: Cllr Asif Khan) It was left out of the current works to avoid digging up newly constructed road surface when drainage works begin there in early October.

St Albans Road was previously named one of the most dangerous for cyclists in Hertfordshire after it saw 16 minor accidents involving a person on a bicycle last year, according to research by eye surgery experts OCL Vision. 

This placed it as the third most dangerous in the county with the junctions to Leggatts Wood Avenue, Brixton Road and Balmoral Road emerging as collision hotspots.