There's more bad news for city centre drivers this morning.

Work on the refurbishment of three bridges near Manchester Arena began on Monday morning.

It means Victoria Street will be reduced from three lanes to two until the end of June.

Mirabel Street will also be closed at its Victoria Street junction for the same length of time.

It comes as major works on Regent Road - which are causing motorists huge delays - are scheduled to carry on well into 2019.

And, as the M.E.N. has reported, three other massive city centre road schemes are also due to begin this year, leading one councillor to say it will make the current disruption 'look like a walk in the park'.

A £4m scheme on Hyde Road will see work to widened the route at its ‘pinch point’ near Reddish Lane, while an £8m upgrade will redesign the interchange where Princess Parkway meets the edge of the city centre.

The bulk of a £8.5m project to improve Great Ancoats Street will also kick off later this year, aimed at making pedestrian links to the city centre better and safer.

The Victoria Street work is being carried out as part of the Great North Rail Project, the same scheme which saw the construction of the Ordsall Chord linking Victoria and Piccadilly in 2017.

Transport for Greater Manchester tweeted this morning: "Victoria Street is reduced from three lanes to two and Mirabel Street is shut at the Victoria Street junction until the end of June.

"This is to allow work to take place to refurbish three railway bridges as part of the Great North Rail Project."