Major disruption is expected when work start in St Aldates, Oxford, on Monday, January 14.

Gas contractors are due to carry out repairs for two weeks before highways engineers arrive to lay a new road surface in a project that is expected to last until March 20.

The area affected stretches from Carfax to the post office.

Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority, said letters had been sent to traders warning them of the anticipated inconvenience.