Bexhill-Hastings Link Road opens

Motorists are reported to have queued up at either end of the road in order to be one of the first to drive the 3.5 mile stretch.

A Sussex Police Range Rover led the first few vehicles along the road.

The Link Road, to be known as the Combe Valley Way is expected to bring in around £1 billion of investment, with the creation of 2,000 new homes, 3,000 new jobs and the development of business space.

BHLR. Link Road. Moments before the road opened. A queue of traffic is seen waiting to be among the first to use the road. SUS-151217-145647001

The Link Road was scheduled to open in May this year, but in December 2014 the council blamed wet weather and unexpected archaeological finds for hampering work on the £120m project.

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