MORE traffic problems in Derby are expected from Monday when a major link road in the city is closed for three days to allow potholes to be fixed.
Acorn Way will be closed from 9.30am until 6.30pm on Monday and Tuesday, and again from 9.30am until midnight on Wednesday.
The road connects Raynesway with Oakwood and takes traffic travelling from the north to the east of the city.
Currently, the stretch is used by additional motorists who are trying to avoid the ongoing problems experienced by the work being carried out at the bottom of the A38 at Little Eaton.
The problem will be further compounded by the ongoing closure of Chaddesden Lane. So any traffic unable to travel down Acorn Way will not be able to access Nottingham Road and Raynesway directly via Morley Road either.
Oakwood councillor Frank Harwood criticised the late notice of the closure.
He said: "People use this route as a cut through and have been given very little notice that the road will be closed.
"It is very short notice for people and I suspect the closure will result in yet more chaos for drivers on the city roads, especially with all the other closures that currently in place."
Derby City Council said the short notice was because work was not scheduled until August. A spokeswoman said the project had been brought forward following an "opening in the contractor's work programme".
She said this would save £15,000 of the £221,000 funding granted from the Department for Transport.
The spokeswoman said: "The road will be closed for three days to carry out much needed work on re-occurring potholes. This will allow the works to be completed safely."
Councillor Afzal, cabinet member for neighbourhoods and Streetpride, said he welcomed the early work.
He said: "This early work means we can get the roads safer sooner and use the additional funding to go towards other repair work needed across the city, which is fantastic news."
