Coastal route next to Chesil Beach Abbotsbury to be closed for repairs. Picture: Dorset Council
A SECTION of coastal road has been closed for workers to rebuild a slipped embankment.
A section of Burton Road, near Abbotsbury, is currently shut off to road users for safety reasons, with repair work due to start on April 6 - and will not reopen until six days later.
The road provides access to Chesil Beach in Abbotsbury.
A spokeswoman from Dorset Council said: "Work will start on April 6 while Dorset Highways rebuild a slipped embankment.
"The road was closed for safety reasons. It will reopen by April 12."
The road is shut next to the beach's main car park in Buller's Way.
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