Cold snap scuppers finish date for works

A £450,000 project to improve one of the Black Country's busiest traffic islands will finish by March 31, it has been revealed.

The Birchley Island, used by 92,000 drivers every day, is undergoing a major overhaul.

The scheme has seen new lighting, trees and shrubbery installed. The completion date comes as Sandwell's neighbourhood's boss revealed a further £50,000 will also be spent on new signage for all gateways into the borough. The Oldbury traffic island work was due to finish by the end of this month.

However, bosses say that the winter weath has delayed the scheme.