ROADWORKS are planned tonight as part of the major upgrade to the A453.
Two weeks of overnight lanes closures will also begin at up to nine locations along the road between the M1 and Nottingham.
This is so that works access points and temporary speed cameras can be set up.
The closures will be between 8pm and 5:30am Monday to Thursday, and 9pm on Friday to 6am on Saturday.
A new alignment at Parkway Junction North, adjacent to the A453, will also come into operation from today due to earthworks starting in this area.
A temporary 40mph speed limit will be in place on West Leake Lane throughout the construction works. A 40mph speed limit is now in place on Kegworth Road.
A seven-mile stretch of the A453 – between M1 Junction 24 and the A52 Nottingham Ring Road – will be affected by the work, which is expected to be completed by summer 2015.
The Highways Agency will upgrade the 5.5-mile rural section of the A453 from Junction 24 to the new Clifton Mill Hill Roundabout to a dual carriageway, with flyovers at junctions to keep traffic flowing.
The 1.5-mile urban section through Clifton will also be widened from a two-lane single carriageway to a four-lane single carriageway, with traffic lights at the existing Crusader Roundabout and new traffic light-controlled roundabout junctions at Green Lane and Farnborough Road.