MOTORISTS and the local community have 10 more weeks of disturbances due to the road works along Copnor road.
What started off as a 10-week closure of Burrfields Bridge, the traffic lights and lane closure leading on to Copnor Road has now become a 20-week disturbance.
The bridge is to be re-surfaced and re-waterproofed, and as a result of this work there have been delays for motorists for which now looks like 20 weeks.
The queues of traffic along Copnor road are backed up to Roko gym during rush hour and it is having an effect on the families living along the road.
Sarah Williams, who lives nearest to the road works said:
‘To get to my home on Copnor Road during rush hour is virtually impossible. I have to park three roads away and walk home as otherwise I will be spending half hour in traffic at least.’
The head teacher of Admiral Lord Nelson School relies on the bridge to get his students to and from school.
‘With the bridge closure, students who use the bus service that runs over the bridge are going to have to find an alternative route to get to school. This will mean that lateness will be an issue in the weeks to come, as the last 10 weeks of closure was during the summer holidays so there wasn’t a problem for the school but now this is going to become a big issue.’
Sources have said that ‘The builders who are working on the bridge are never there. They don’t look like they are in any rush to finish.’
Many Local members of the community have noticed the builder’s un-rushed approach to re-surfacing the bridge and are furious at the time extension.
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