DETAILS have been released for the planned final phases of the St George’s Way improvement works.

The aim of the project is to improve traffic flows along and at either end of St George’s Way, Newport.

The council scheme ­— the latest phase of ongoing investment to ease congestion in and around the county town­ — is designed to help resolve bottlenecks at St George’s Way caused by traffic queuing on the approaches to Coppin's Bridge and the Matalan roundabout.

The necessary carriageway widening should be completed on either side of the Furrlongs junction by the end of this week.

Following this, the junction itself will be reconstructed.

This work will mean the access in and out of Furrlongs will be suspended between Monday, August 2, and Sunday, August 14.

The council says access and crossing facility of St George’s Way will be maintained for pedestrians at all times, with traffic diverted via Staplers Road.

Once completed, the current traffic management will be removed over the weekend of August 14 and 15, when St George’s Way will revert to two-way.

The diversion route will be lifted and all taxi ranks will revert to their pre-work locations.

While St George’s Way will be re-opened in both directions, there will only be a single lane of traffic in either direction until the carriageway has been resurfaced and lined.

This work will take place overnight, between Wednesday, August 18, and Friday, August 27 ­— after which it will be fully opened.

The only remaining work will be the laying of high friction safety surfacing.

This treatment requires the road to be worn before it can be applied, so this will be undertaken toward the end of the year.

The programme may be subject to change, the local authority stresses, but any significant changes will be communicated.