Funding from HS2 being diverted into local roads has been hailed as “a significant step” to improving the lives of residents.
Residents and businesses in Streethay will soon find themselves trapped by temporary traffic lights.
Highways chiefs have welcomed plans for a multi-billion pound investment in roads.
The Prime Minister has been asked to ensure that residents are compensated for disruption caused by the derailed second phase of HS2.
Construction of a 120-metre stretch of the Lichfield Canal has been completed thanks to a £75,000 grant.
A councillor has said Lichfield is paying the price because of the HS2 “vanity project”.
Scrapping the northern leg of HS2 should bring transport benefits to Staffordshire, council leaders have said.
The Prime Minister has told Lichfield commuters future transport plans will see a “turn up and go” style service operating on the Cross City Line.
The Prime Minister says a Conservative by-election candidate is someone “who knows his community inside out”.
Work on HS2 in Lichfield and the surrounding villages will continue despite the cancellation of the northern leg of the line, the Transport Secretary has confirmed.
The HS2 project has already had an “irreversible impact” on communities in and around Lichfield, a council leader has said.
