“Essential” resurfacing work on the A4 Keynsham bypass will get under way next month, Bath & North East Somerset Council has announced.

The work will involve road closures, contraflow traffic, the suspension of parking, and three-way traffic lights to Broadmead Roundabout. Phase One is set to start at the end of September for three weeks, with a second, larger phase planned for Spring 2018.

It follows the award of £2 million by the Government earlier this month, in response to a joint bid by Bath & North East Somerset Council and Bristol City Council.

Councillor Mark Shelford (Conservative, Lyncombe), the Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport & Highways, said: “We will endeavour to keep disruption to a minimum while this essential work is carried out. Undertaking full resurfacing now will both help save us money in the long-term and reduce the need for future repair works.”

Details of the scheme are being finalised, and further updates will follow in due course.