GAS works are to impact on road in a Hampshire town, forcing buses to re-route.

Diversions and temporary turning bans are to be put in place on the A32 and other roads around Gosport for mains replacements.

The work, being done in the Lees Lane, Forton Road and The Crossways area of Gosport by Southern Gas Networks, is due to start today.

This means the First Bus E1 southbound service from Fareham to Gosport will not serve Lees Lane, Whitworth Road, Gordon Road, Bury Road or Stoke Road while the turning restrictions remain.

Southern Gas Networks said the work should take eight weeks, but added that the council intends to follow these works immediately with its own project, which includes widening pavements.