Thousands of drivers are set for a long hot summer of waiting as Hampshire County Council builds the new £7.1m park and ride that it claims will ease congestion.
Work on Winchester’s new park and ride, south of the city, is stepping up a gear, with roadworks scheduled into the summer.
The work is set to cause traffic disruption but the county council says it will try to keep it to a minimum.
Work on the Otterbourne Road will continue for approximately three weeks. Improvements are also being made to Bushfield roundabout and Hockley Link.
Potentially disruptive work on the four roads, Otterbourne Road, Badger Farm Road, Hockley Link and St Cross Road, starts on Monday.
It includes repairs to the road edge on Hockley Link, widening and island works. At the same time, footways on Otterbourne Road and Badger Farm Road will be built.
From July 31, for a week there will be surfacing and widening works on Bushfield roundabout. Work will be done 24 hours a day with traffic restricted to one lane.
Then work moves on to resurfacing the north of Bushfield roundabout with the southbound-only road closure of Badger Farm Road.
This will take place over two weekends in August.
And from July 31 to August 8 the footways will be completed during off peak hours with stop/go signs or two way traffic lights.
The 864-space South Winchester park and ride is planned to open next spring.
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