The main construction work is due to start today, Monday January 6, to build a £40m relief road to ease congestion in Gedling Village.
The 3.8km, single carriageway Gedling Access Road (GAR) will link the A612 Trent Valley Road and Nottingham Road to Mapperley Plains.
It will run parallel with the A6211 Arnold Lane and through the centre of the old Gedling Colliery site to serve the vast, £140m Chase Farm housing estate.
It will cross several fields, Glebe Farm and a section of walled garden at Gedling House and part of the Carlton-le-Willows Academy grounds.
The multi-million-pound road is designed to take pressure off a number of local routes and has been under discussion for 50 years.
Nottinghamshire County Council documents revealed a number of roads were planned to close over time while the GAR is constructed.
People have raised concerns, with one garden nursery boss fearing trade could be affected with Lambley Lane, in Gedling, expected to close in June as part of the project.
Speaking previously, Councillor John Cottee, chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council’s communities and place committee, said: “We are delighted to mark the start of a new decade with the Gedling Access Road construction.
“Not only will the Gedling Access Road significantly reduce traffic through Gedling Village, but it will also link communities in the area to wider Nottinghamshire and Nottingham city centre, while progressing the sustainable redevelopment of the former Gedling Colliery/Chase Farm site.
“This is just one of our commitments to new highways projects and we will continue to work closely with our partner agencies throughout the construction period to ensure that the project delivers benefits to the local community and the county as a whole.
“We understand that the work will cause inconvenience for the travelling public, residents and businesses, so our priority throughout the construction will be to minimise disruption.
"Every effort will be made to continue communicating with the public to keep them up to date.”
