THE finish date for a new link road in Taunton has still not been set.

The £21.8million Northern Inner Distributor Road linking Staplegrove Road at Chip Lane to Priory Avenue has been hit by delays since work, originally estimated to take 18 months, started in July 2013.

There were setbacks caused by the wet weather the following winter, but Somerset County Council says the road is now 80% complete.

A spokesman recently said the project, which will open up the derelict Firepool site for development, should be finished by late spring or early summer next year.

He said the contractors now only have to complete the section or road over Station Road, which involves removing and replacing a disused railway bridge.