A MAJOR Isle of Wight road is set to close next week for highway improvement works.

Updated: Isle of Wight Lake Hill works postponed due bad weather

Sections of Lake Hill and Broadway in Sandown are both due to be upgraded this month.

They are part of Island Roads’ programme of out-of-season highway improvement works.

At each location, excavations are required to address the underlying ground conditions that have caused the highway to deteriorate in some areas.

In some cases, these excavations may be deep.

Island Roads says, though this means the sites will be closed as through roads for the duration of the work period, the need for future maintenance should be reduced.

Lake Hill and Broadway are due to be improved between Brownlow Road and The Heights in work scheduled to begin on February 19, and last five working days.

Island Roads says alternative routes via Perowne Way, The Fairway and Avenue Road will be signposted during the closure, and traffic management arrangements will be monitored during the works to help minimise disruption for motorists.

An Island Roads spokesman said: “We are continuing to undertake extensive work at this time of year, enabling us to maintain the network whilst minimising disruption to the strategic network during the summer months.

“We do recognise that, as important as it is, work of this nature does inevitably cause some disruption.

“We would like to thank residents in advance for their co-operation, and apologise for any inconvenience.”

Updated

Island Roads has confirmed the work has been postponed.

No date has yet been decided.