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Drivers will be facing more than a month of traffic disruptions due to gas works on a busy main road in the city. SGN has placed temporary traffic lights on Western Road, Brighton, which will be in operation until March 19 at the earliest. The gas company is carrying out emergency repairs to their gas network along Western Road between Brunswick Place and Cambridge Road.
A spokeswoman said: "Our work began at the end of January and we expect it to be completed around March 19. "Our progress was delayed by the discovery of a damaged water main, which has now been fixed. "Because repairs are required at multiple locations, we’re using our specialist robot, CISBOT, to carry out the repairs so they’re completed as quickly as possible with the least disruption to the local community.
" Traffic on Western Road (Image: Ramy Abou-Setta/The Argus) SGN has also placed temporary traffic lights on Sackville Road, Hove, which will be in operation for six weeks. The gas company has advised that there will be no right turn from Sackville Road into Blatchington Road and that there will be a one-way closure on Clarendon Villas. The work is to replace the gas main along Sackville Road with work in the area set to continue until the summer.
The gas company has said that to reduce the traffic impact on Sackville Road, it will need to temporarily close side roads as the works progress. Residents affected can expect to receive further communications regarding these works, the company stated: March 17 to April 11 – Cowper Street and Goldstone Road March 31 to May 2 – Wordsworth Street and Shirely Street April 14 to May 23 – Montgomery Street and Livingstone Road April 28 to May 16 – Byron Street May 5 to May 30 – Clarendon Road May 19 to June 6 – Coleridge Road.
