THE ROAD to nowhere at Warsash is now going somewhere at last.

Work on the £300,000 Western distributor road linking Warsash Broad with Priory Park had ground to a halt because of a dispute involving Transco, developer Laing Homes and Hampshire County Council over who should pay to move the gas main.

The road was left half-finished and petered out to a dead end.

But the problem has now been resolved, with the county council providing the funds, and workmen are back to restart the road's completion.

The road will cut Greenaway Lane in half when it is finally complete.

The lane, which is used as a short cut by drivers, will become a cul-de-sac and, to the relief of residents, will become a no-go area for traffic.

Warsash Residents' Association says Greenaway Lane, which has existed for hundreds of years, will eventually revert to a less-noisy environment and the rat-run for those motorists who used it as a short cut will be no more.

Chairman Derek Woodward said residents would welcome the completion of the new road.

"It will take traffic off Warsash Road and will be a relief to people living in Greenaway Lane because drivers have used the lane as a rat run," he said.

The distributor road has been earmarked for more than 20 years as part of the western wards expansion.

Planners have estimated the new road will carry as many as 4,000 vehicles a day.

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