A GAS company has apologised after temporary traffic lights were installed in the wrong place on a Sedgley road, leading to traffic delays.

Cadent, who are carrying out gas main works in the area, installed temporary lights on Gospel End Road earlier this week.

But Dudley Council said the works 'breached permit conditions' and were too close to an existing traffic management scheme.

Bosses at the local authority contacted the gas firm, asking for the traffic lights to be removed immediately due to high levels of congestion in the area.

The traffic lights have now been removed and the company has apologised for the mistake.

A spokesman for gas network Cadent said: “This was our error, absolutely. Our teams are upgrading gas mains in the local area, replacing old metallic pipes with new plastic ones - and our traffic management just wasn’t set up as it should be. We are so sorry to everyone impacted by this mistake.”

Councillor Karen Shakespeare, cabinet member for public realm at Dudley Council, said: “We were made aware of significant traffic delays around Gospel End in Sedgley and have been in contact with Cadent, which is carrying out permitted critical gas mains works in the area.

“A set of temporary traffic lights, which breached the permit conditions, have been removed. People should expect some delays due to ongoing works but traffic flow is now much improved.”