However campaigners have urged a re-think on building on greenfield sites north of the M27 motorway.

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Bikers rode from Fleet to Ringwood via the M3, M27 and A31.

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Junctions three and five on the M27 will both see increased capacity by widening slip roads, creating new lanes and installing traffic signals.

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The eastbound M27 has been shut between junctions four and five since 21:00 GMT on Saturday while work to improve surface water drainage is carried out.

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She added the complex would tap into demand in areas south of the M27 where theatre-goers would have had to travel to Eastleigh, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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