A TEMPORARY road closure will be put in place in Ryde tomorrow (Friday) for Southern Water to carry out work.

Lower Bettesworth Road will be closed from outside property number three.

The closure will be in place for Southern Water to resolve a clean water health hazard.

The diversion will affect Lower Bettesworth Road and Bettesworth Road.

The closure will be in place from 9am on Friday, January 24, for a maximum period of five days, or until remedial works are complete and the site is made safe, whichever is sooner.