Upcoming works on major Isle of Wight roads have been cancelled due to bad weather.

Sections of Lake Hill and The Broadway, Sandown were set to be upgraded from next week.

However, Island Roads has said that will now have to be pushed back. 

The firm has blamed the "current weather being experienced as well as the predicted weather forecast."

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A spokesperson said: "The decision has been taken in order to prevent delays to work on site which would have potentially had a corresponding impact on local residents should the work period need to be extended.  

“The nature of the work required on site requires deep excavations which will rapidly fill with water in periods of heavy rain.

"This naturally causes a delay to work on site and we are anxious not to unnecessarily prolong our work in what is a busy, well used area."

As yet, there is no new date for when the works will be carried out.

"The works will be postponed to a future date when we can be more certain of a good weather window in which to work and we will let residents know as soon as that timeframe has been confirmed", the spokesperson added.

Works were due to start on Monday, February 19.