A busy junction in Tramore looks set to be closed for at least eight weeks.
Roadworks started at the Gallwey's Hill Junction this week and will continue until sometime in March.
The works had been due to take place last year but were stalled to allow for the tourist trade in the town.
Tramore Councillor, Cristiona Kiely says the works are essential:
"It is a pivotal junction within the centre of the town so it was right and proper that the works were postponed until now.
"They are very, very necessary works. There's nothing pretty about what's being done there! It's the upgrading of the town sewerage.
"It's an expanding town, it's a tourist town, and we need that infrastructure there in place to support the residents in the town but also the visiting population."
It's unclear what date in March the works are due to be finished by, and not everyone in the town is happy that they're taking place at all.
However, Councillor Kiely says they do understand that they're necessary:
"I know that not everybody is happy with it but I think anyone that I've been speaking to has been happy that it's happening at this time of the year, at the very least, when it's expected to cause the least disruption.
"Now, that doesn't mean that it's going to cause no disruption and I have already got in contact with the council just asking for improved and enhanced signage in relation to the works."
The roadworks had initially been due to take place during the summer last year. However, they were postponed to allow for the busy tourist season.
And the Green Party councillor says many are relieved that they're happening during the off-season now:
"It does have to happen and I think people understand that. Look, I think people would prefer if it wasn't happening hot on the heels of the public realm works, which caused a lot of upheaval in the middle of the town - and I'm a resident right in the centre of town, so I know only too well the level of upheaval.
"People would prefer if it wasn't coming hot on the heels of that but, having said that, it would be worse to leave it until the summer."
