RECONFIGURATION work is due to start at the entrance to Seaton's Harbour Road car park in preparation for the building of the £4m visitors' centre.
Work is scheduled to start on Friday, August 1.
The car park will remain open using the existing entrance until Sunday, August 31, to allow for this year's carnival and fun fair.
The centre, named Seaton Jurassic, has secured almost £4m of funding with contributions from East Devon District Council, Devon County Council, Seaton Town Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund, Coastal Communities Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation and Fine Family Foundation.
Planning consent for the project was approved in June 2013. Devon Wildlife Trust will manage the centre.
The centre is the result of years of campaigning by the Seaton Visitor Centre Trust and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage team.
The centre's future success will depend on the take-up of a variety of volunteer opportunities including fundraisers and ambassadors.
Seaton Jurassic will take visitorS on a unique journey back in time to experience the story of evolution, wildlife and geology and is expected to attract some 60,000 visitors per year. During the building of the centre and after it is opened there will be 150 parking spaces provided with the potential for an additional overspill car park for 70 spaces opposite on The Underfleet, subject to planning consent.
An exhibition of the Seaton Jurassic plans will be on display in Seaton Town Hall from mid August until the end of September when the display will be moved to the site offices.
Councillor Ian Thomas, East Devon District's Council's cabinet member for economy and chair of the Seaton Regeneration Board, said: "This is the first visible sign of the dream of a visitor centre becoming reality.
"As with any project of this size and complexity there will inevitably be some disruption during the construction period but we intend to keep this to a minimum and have planned around major events such as the carnival and the Grizzly.
"Seaton Jurassic is such a massive boost to the town and we are all incredibly excited to see the first tangible steps towards its opening next year."
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