TRAFFIC to Green Lane Hospital and the former Roundway Hospital site will be re-routed from Nursteed Road along Marshall Road from next Wednesday.

Planning permission for the redevelopment of the southern part of the former county asylum was granted on the proviso that access to the site would be from Nursteed Road rather than the already overcrowded and narrow Pans Lane.

Developer David Wilson Homes sent letters to all residents last week advising them of the new route.

People in Drews Park Village can use Pans Lane and Wick Lane until August, when Byron Road will be closed. All traffic to the former Roundway site will then use the access from Nursteed Road.