Work on improving traffic flows around town has been focusing on the bus station this week, preparing it for a time when buses will enter from the southern side and exit towards Sandes Avenue.

Early next week, work begins at the junction of Stricklandgate and Sandes Avenue to prepare it for two-way traffic and to construct a pedestrian island.

The work will involve restrictions on road widths and so there is likely to be traffic congestion in the area and drivers are asked to find alternative routes if possible.

The current work is part of a five-year traffic plan to ease the town's congestion problems, which will ultimately see parts of Highgate and Stricklandgate pedestrianised between Lowther Street and Library Road.