But the link route joining the Cherque Farm estate and Portsmouth Road will not open for another four months at least, because of delays in agreeing final details between developer Persimmon Homes and the highway authority, Hampshire County Council.
The road was initially to be built along with the estate two years ago but was held up because the route goes through land owned by the Ministry of Defence. Last year, the MoD made a deal and sold the plot to Persimmon Homes.

Building work on the link road should then have begun in September 2007 and been completed by December 2007, but it was again delayed.

Persimmon Homes says all matters have now been resolved and the road will open in about four months.

Lee-on-the-Solent councillor Graham Burgess said: 'The majority has been built now, it's just the T-junction at Portsmouth Road by Browndown which needs to be built.

'I have been asking them to get on with it because the road is several years late.

'We are looking at between three and four months from now. The road should have been opened two years ago when the last house was sold.

'Once that road is open it will take a lot of the rat runs out of Lee. Residents and local councillors will breathe a sigh of relief when it's completed.'

Hampshire and Gosport councils were handed £1.3m by Persimmon Homes to cope with the extra demand the 1,050 homes would place on local infrastructure.

The new access road forming Cherque Farm's eastern boundary will link with the main road network, providing separate access to the site and all adjoining facilities.

Councillor Mel Kendal, executive member for environment at the county council, said: 'Hampshire County Council has completed its processes and agreed all that it needs to to approve the work to go ahead.'