FRUSTRATED drivers are set to get relief from their daily transport hell but they will have to wait at least six more years.
ity councillors have told their county colleagues they want a new link road to Heysham -five decades after plans were first discussed.
And that is bad news for anti-bypass campaigners who brought Lancaster city centre to its knees with cycle protest last Friday.
They were vociferous in their opposition to the new road from the M6 to Heysham, although many commuters heeded police advice and went home early to avoid being caught in the chaos.
But on Tuesday, the city council gave its backing to plans for a Northern by-pass route to ease motorists' 50-years of hurt on the crawl to Morecambe and the port of Heysham.
The new road should also ease traffic in Lancaster with a bridge to the Luneside area, taking wagons away from the historic city centre.
The proposed route is millions of pounds cheaper and more environmentally friendly than a suggested Western link road, which would have taken more traffic away from the city.
County councillors will decide if they should submit plans for the relief road at a meeting at County Hall in Preston today (Thursday).
If the plans are given the green light, work could start as early in 2008 with the road open two years later.
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