WORK is due to start building the replacement B3193 road at Kingsteignton next month.

Civil engineering firm Dawnus Construction, contractor for the £10 million project, is already on site setting up offices in preparation for the start of the project.

Realigning the road between Abbrook and Rixey Park is urgently needed to safeguard jobs at clay company Sibelco.

Gaining access to the internationally important ball clay reserves which lie underneath the existing road will secure mineral extraction for decades to come.