Since it was announced that the northern route was no longer being considered as an option there has been little news on what happens next.
With limited news our newsletters will be less frequent until further information is announced but we will endeavour to update readers with news as we receive it.
However the following is a roundup of the limited news since the northern bypass was dropped.
Highways England advised that at an early options appraisal they had looked at 4 different northern bypass routes. Details were requested on the initial cost estimates for these routes and it was confirmed that the route options were estimated to be between £267.2 million and £323.8 million.
This is perhaps one of the reasons the northern route may have been dropped as it didn’t fit with the available budget. The Highways England project website states clearly that ‘The estimated cost of this scheme is in the range of £120 million and £250 million’
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