Nightmare Redbridge Causeway roadworks forced a man to leave his home of 10 years and move to Botley, he claimed.

Mike Grant said he made the 24-mile move from Fawley with his wife in June because of the ‘horrendous’ works.

This comes as Hampshire County Council has thanked road users for their patience with the 'essential traffic arrangments' while the scheme is completed.

The 60-year-old travels around the country as part of his work with an engineering company.

But the relentless queues caused by the roadworks left him with no choice but to move away.

Mike said: “It’s horrendous, absolutely horrendous.

“The amount of traffic needs to be highlighted – I moved house because of it.

“There comes a point where you just can’t do it.

“There were days I was coming up the A326 and the queues were so bad, I ended up going up past Paultons Park.

“Most days I couldn’t travel east because the traffic was so awful.

“Our decision to move was made in February purely because of the traffic as it’s not getting any better.”

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Mike said making the decision to move was very difficult as prior to living in Fawley he lived in Hythe for 20 years.

But facing frequent lengthy delays and super early starts is what prompted him to leave.

He said: “From Fawley, I could not get onto the motorway because of the traffic caused by Redbridge Causeway.

“It was absolutely ridiculous.

“There is no straightforward route out of the waterside area. It can be totally jammed.

“I think the time it’s taking to do the roadworks is unacceptable.

“The council knows it’s the main artery through Southampton.

“The only good thing about this is that the Hythe Ferry is doing well.

“It’s taken too long. It’s not good enough.

“We know the bridge was built in the 1960s, and nobody anticipated the amount of traffic it would be used for, but you should plan for that.”

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Further closures on the Redbridge Causeway were recently announced after several 'unexpected defects' were found.

The extra closures on the eastbound A35 will come into force in August as a result.

The council has confirmed this has ‘forced a delay’ in the planned programme of works.

The eastbound carriageway re-waterproofing and resurfacing works are expected to be completed in early to mid-August.

The current lane two closure of the eastbound A35 will remain in place until these works have been completed.

Previously, a Hampshire County Council spokesperson said the £25 million scheme will keep the bridges, which carry around 60,000 vehicles a day, serviceable for at least another thirty years.

The spokesperson added: "Traffic arrangements to date have been essential for the engineers to be able to complete the repairs and renewal work safely while keeping the route open, albeit only partially at times."