Commuters in one part of Merseyside won't have to endure diversions and delays for as long as originally anticipated.
Traffic around Liverpool Road in Southport has been hectic after a sewer collapsed on Thursday .
Hundreds of motorists were trapped for hours in long queues of traffic.
The road remained closed on Friday , with drivers bemoaning huge queues and lengthy commutes.
Across the weekend and beginning of this week, massive delays continued for those travelling between Ainsdale and Formby .
On Tuesday, Sefton Council said filter traffic lights are in place while United Utilities teams work on fixing two sewer pipes on Liverpool Road - however drivers are encouraged to avoid where possible.
A spokesman for the local authority said: "Following extensive investigations, two defective water sewer pipes were found to be causing a carriageway collapse at the junction of the A565 Liverpool Road and Woodvale Road, Ainsdale.
"United Utilities are now working to rectify this as quickly as possible and as soon as the works are complete we will inform people through all our communication channels.
"To assist with traffic flow and congestion at the Coastal Road junction, our traffic signal contractor has provided manual control of the signals at peak times.
"Temporary changes to the signals have also been made to assist. Diversions remain in place via Coastal Road, Shore Road and Kenilworth Road.”
"Where possible we would encourage motorists to find alternative routes and we apologise for any inconvenience caused."
United Utilities said they did repair the sewer collapse on Saturday, but their surveillance camera found another area of collapse within the road closure.
While it was previously expected to take until the end of the week to reinstate the road, the ECHO can now reveal repair works have been finished, and engineers are now tarmacking the road surface.
The road is set to reopen at 6am tomorrow (Thursday).
