But a worse traffic problem has been avoided, after plans to fully close Route Militaire at the same time were scrapped.
The road to the east of the Crossways junction up to Sohier Road is set to fully close for resurfacing work until 14 March.
Route Militaire to the north of Crossways was set to close over the same period, but plans were changed earlier this week.
Roads & Traffic Management manager Phil Ogier said the Braye Road work had been due to continue into the junction with Route Militaire.
‘[This] is why we had also permitted some private wall repointing to take place at the same time,’ he said.
‘However, now that the road resurfacing won’t be continuing into the junction with Route Militaire, we’ve worked with the landowner and their contractor for the works to only take place between 10am and 4pm, and for a give-and-take system to be in place, rather than a full closure or a one-way, to ease traffic flow in the area.’
The Route Militaire work will be broken up into three separate sections, with the first covering from Route Militaire to the entrance of the Braye Road industrial estate.
The second section will cover the east of Les Mares Pellees junction to across the ‘in’ gate of Braye Road Garage, while the third will cover the ‘out’ gate of the garage to Sohier Road, but not the Sohier Road junction.
During the first section's closure, access to all businesses along the route, except for Crossways, will come from the east.
When the second section is being worked on, access to Braye Road industrial estate will be possible from the Route Militaire end, with access to Braye Road Garage from the other end.
Access to the garage will switch ends when work on the third area commences.
Recently re-branded store Alliance The Food Warehouse, situated in the Braye Road industrial estate, will be among the businesses impacted by the work, and the company’s operations director Keiran Poole said the road’s closure was ‘frustrating timing.’
‘While we understand that roadworks are sometimes necessary, it does feel like the road is closed quite often,’ he said. ‘That said, we’ve been assured that disruption will be kept to a minimum and that our customers will continue to access the site.’
He said the closure would present challenges in terms of ease of access to the supermarket, but assured customers the store would be open as usual.
‘We’re realistic that there may be some impact, but we’re focusing on keeping our customers informed and making their shopping experience as convenient as possible.’
Once the resurfacing work is completed, there will be a three-year embargo on it, meaning that no excavations apart from emergency works for safety reasons will be permitted for a time.
Braye Road is currently narrowed and Les Mares Pellees is shut while pavement work takes place and tactile paving is installed. That work is due to finish today.
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