FINALLY, after 60 years of waiting, residents and tourists eager to rid Dobwalls of the traffic that ploughs through the village have been told they will get a bypass. Campaigners will have to endure one last summer of choas before the bypass is completed in the spring of 2008. Work is due to start on the A38 within the next six weeks after the Government announced that the £42m project would be given the go-ahead. 'The A38 is an important route and by removing this bottleneck road users will benefit from improved journey time, reliability and safer roads,' said transport minister Douglas Alexander. 'Residents of Dobwalls will also see significant improvements to their quality of life with improved safety, reduced noise and improvements in air quality.' The three kilometre (two mile) road promises to rid the village of 90 per cent of its traffic. 'The road has had traffic building on it for a long time now and over the last 20 years the sheer amount of traffic getting through has become intolerable and made the road so slow for many people,' said MP for South East Cornwall Colin Breed. 'It's a real drain on the local economy and it's vital that it goes through. We have to give some praise to the Highways Agency who have worked hard to meet the problems of the scheme and work as far as possible with the land owners and all those who will be effected.' The village is one of the largest congestion hot spots in the county, with an estimated 20,000 vehicles using the road each day. Residents have campaigned since 1946 to build a new route. The project will take around 18 months to complete.