SICK of the little tin triangle with the man and his spade?

Bored of diversions, contraflows and cones?

You wouldn't be the only one, but it is something we may all have to get used to.

All over Swindon the council and the utilities companies are drilling holes into our roads.

In Old Town, traffic lights at the junction of Bath Road, Devizes Road and Victoria Road have made it slow going for motorists.

But these traffic queues could get worse in the coming months and years as the real work starts on the town centre's regeneration.

Peter James, chief executive of the New Swindon Company, said: "Roadworks will be inevitable as we put together a whole transport strategy for the town.

"Work on that cannot be done in one big hit, there isn't the money to do it, so there will be roadworks, but people should bear with us because it will be worth it."

Council leader Roderick Bluh says he hopes that much of the work will be self-contained, but he couldn't make guarantees.

"As the work gets underway there will be some narrowing of the roads, but most of the work will be self-contained, you only need to look at the new library to see that that has not affected the traffic.

"But we will working to ensure that any work causes as little disruption as possible."

The Bath Road roadworks have caused the most frustration in recent weeks.

These works are being carried out by contractors for Thames Water who are repairing old Victorian sewers, like the ones which have just been completed in nearby Wood Street.

The work has forced the busy junction to operate with a single lane with traffic lights resulting in lengthy delays throughout the day.

These works began last month and should be completed by the middle of March.

Other affected roads include Newport Street in Old Town, which has seen cones laid out ready for use, Commercial Road, and Groundwell Road.

There is also work underway in Croft Road at the junction with Pipers Way. This is to create a new multi-lane junction to take traffic into the new Front Garden Wichelstowe development.