HIGHWAYS bosses have today cut the speed limit on one of the major routes into Southampton to 30mph - two days later than they had planned.

Road chiefs working for Southampton City Council are unable to explain how plans to slash the speed limit on Redbridge Flyover were not put in place on Tuesday as promised.

On Tuesday we reported how speeds along the Redbridge Flyover were to due to be cut that day because of safety fears over the structure's parapets similar to those on the Millbrook Flyover.

City Council highways boss Rod Anderson said the signs telling drivers of the new restrictions would be put up by contractors the same night.

But by Wednesday morning, the work had still not been completed.

We contacted Southampton City Council asking why the signs had not been put in place as Mr Anderson had stated.

But a city council spokesman replied that the council had always intended to put the signs up on Wednesday and the work was set to be completed last night.

Rod Anderson, was unavailable for comment yesterday as he is on leave.

A city council spokesman said: "The signs will be put up by the main contractor who is working on the Millbrook Flyover.

"All I can tell you is that the structural engineer said that the signs were due to be put up on Wednesday night."

Earlier this week, we revealed how city highways bosses were going to take longer than expected to complete repair works to the Millbrook Flyover on the A35 Mountbatten Way.

They have also been forced to drastically cut speeds from 50mph to 30mph along the Redbridge Flyover because of safety fears.

Work to replace the parapets on the Millbrook Flyover began in July and was expected to be completed by December this year.

However, highways chiefs now say that it will be early 2005 before the work is finished. They also believe that the restrictions along the Redbridge Flyover will be in place until at least April next year.