LONG-awaited work on East Cowes 'road to nowhere' has started this week.
Following years of negotiations between local Cllr Julia Baker-Smith, Barratt Homes, land owners and Island Roads, diggers are now working to join Saunders Way with Kingston Road.
The link road was designed as a condition of the Hawthorn Meadows housing development over 10 years ago, to take HGV's away from narrow residential streets in East Cowes.
Whippingham and Osborne member Cllr Julia Baker-Smith, said: "I am absolutely delighted to have been able to get the road to the point of being completed after so many years of hard work and negotiations. The residents in the narrow surrounding streets have suffered for years with road safety issues and damage to their homes and the pavements outside their properties caused by lorries.
"I would like to thank them for their patience, persistence, support and the many letters they have written to assist me in my negotiations. I would also like to thank Barratt homes for their co-operation and Council and Highways Officers for their input.
"It has quite literally been a long road, and to finally see progress is absolutely fantastic. This was one of my key priorities when I was elected in 2013 so I'm very pleased to be able to have fulfilled the commitment I made to East Cowes residents."