Five months of traffic jams and delays are expected when a £600,000 road building programme starts in Crawley next week.

The development, off the A23 Crawley Avenue, will provide access to the replacement Ifield Community College, part of a £60m Private Finance Initiative for four new schools in the town.

Work on the West Sussex County Council scheme will be carried out between 8am and 6pm during the week and will take around five months to complete.

There will be a temporary 40mph speed limit between Gossops Drive and Ifield Avenue and periodic lane closures between 9.30am and 4.30pm.

Wednesday July 30, 2003