Campaigners who claimed victory in their battle against Shrewsbury’s proposed £100 million North West Relief Road have claimed a rival scheme would still be damaging to the environment.

Campaigners and business leaders today gave a mixed reaction to news that plans for a £100 million north-west relief road in the county town are to be abandoned.

A multi-million pound parkway railway station is set to be built instead of the North West Relief Road in a bid to reduce congestion in Shrewsbury.

Shirehall leaders have, as expected, agreed to halt any further work on plans for Shrewsbury’s North West Relief Road.

There is not a “snowball in hell’s chance” of money being found to build a £100 million North West Relief Road for Shrewsbury, a council group has been told.

The North West Relief Road should be abandoned and Shirehall chiefs should follow public opinion by improving bus, cycle and park-and-ride facilities, a campaign group claimed today.

A plot of land that was earmarked to become part of the North West Relief Road in Shrewsbury could now become the site of 25 homes.

Letter: Shropshire Council leader Keith Barrow is asking his officers to “think the unthinkable” and to plan for 25 per cent budget cuts. Such cuts will be as difficult as they are deep, but there is one easy “thinkable” option open to the council.

Environmental campaigners have welcomed news that looming public funding cuts could put the brakes on plans for a controversial £100 million relief road around Shrewsbury.

More than 18,000 vehicles a day could be using Shrewsbury’s proposed controversial North West Relief Road in its first year, highways chiefs said today.

Public consultation began today on controversial plans to build Shrewsbury’s controversial £102 million North West Relief Road.

Letter: When does information become propaganda? Shropshire Council, in its Your Shropshire magazine, includes an article on the Shrewsbury NW Relief Road which is completely one-sided.

Full details of an extensive public consultation into controversial plans to build a £102 million North West Relief Road around Shrewsbury have today been revealed.

Work on Shrewsbury’s long-awaited £102 million North West Relief Road is continuing behind the scenes as council officials plan a major consultation to get people’s views on the scheme.

A high-powered team of councillors and officers walked through farmers fields during a fact-finding mission to assess the merits of a planned £100 million relief road in Shropshire.

LETTER: Can somebody clarify a few points about the proposed Shrewsbury northern relief road?

Campaigners against Shrewsbury’s controversial £100 million North West Relief Road today claimed the development would be an environmental disaster.

The Government has approved an £85 million windfall to help pay for Shrewsbury’s controversial North West Relief Road.

The Government today agreed to an £85 million payout for Shrewsbury’s long awaited relief road.

“The exact times and dates of Shropshire’s traffic survey could not have been revealed in advance because the data would not have been a true reflection as drivers would have used alternative routes.”

Highways officials who caused massive tailbacks on one of Shropshire’s busiest roads today told drivers caught up in the chaos: “We’re sorry.”

Motorists faced chaos on one of Shropshire’s busiest roads today while a traffic census was carried out.

Motorists faced chaos on one of Shropshire’s busiest roads today while a traffic census was carried out.

Shrewsbury should be served by an £80 million continental-style tram system which could help cut congestion and remove the need for the North West Relief Road, it was claimed today.

A controversial new £100 million bypass planned for Shrewsbury would provide a massive boost to business – bringing new firms into the town, creating new jobs and helping it compete with other places, it was claimed today.

Government officials are expected to make a decision on whether to grant funding for Shrewsbury’s near £100 million North West Relief Road within the next few weeks.

Shrewsbury’s proposed £100 million North West Relief Road would “carve a destructive swathe” through the countryside and should not be built, campaigners claimed today.

Countryside campaigners are urging the Government to scrap all plans for Shrewsbury’s multi-million pound North West Relief Road and put the money into public transport.