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Motorists could face transport chaos with a string of huge redevelopment projects leaving Birmingham city centre appearing “closed for business” - unless action is taken now.

City councillor Victoria Quinn made the call as a meeting heard the scale of disruption could dwarf that seen during the summer tunnel closures and work to transform New Street Station.

Projects earmarked for the city centre over the next three years include:

In the longer term, there work will also begin on the long-awaited High Speed 2 station at Curzon Street and the line through the east of the city.

Transport manager Kevin Hicks said: “An awful lot of activity is planned over the next three years.

“It will be significantly more than we have at the moment.”

Mr Hicks said the council, working with bus and train operators, Centro, utility companies, contractors and developers, would aim to co-ordinate work.

But Coun Quinn, chairman of the city council’s transport and economy scrutiny committee, said she was “very concerned” the schedule of work was not easily available to the travelling public.

“It would be nice if people knew what was coming up because, from this, it looks like Birmingham will be closed for business until 2018,” she said.

After the meeting, she described the potential for chaos as “horrifying”.

Officials said they were developing an interactive online map to highlight the locations and timetable of works.

And a new retail master plan is set to be launched with the aim of attracting thousands more shoppers to the city centre.

Opposition Conservative transport spokesman Coun Timothy Huxtable said: “The scale of investment in transport is unprecedented.”