There's no relief in sight as financial spectre hangs over Shrewsbury's doomed roads project
After all that, Shrewsbury's much-discussed North West Relief Road project is essentially dead.
While not 'officially' cancelled, the project is over in all but name.
That much was confirmed by Shropshire Council's new Liberal Democrat administration in its statement on Thursday.
The communication explained that all work on the plan was being stopped, with the council understandably unwilling to borrow to meet a potential £176m funding gap in the scheme.
The only reason the road has not been completely cancelled is because of the council's concerns about the financial cost of doing so.
What comes next are discussions over who meets the cost of the money the council has already spend on the project. Which is significant.
To explain, the council was awarded £54.4m by the government to build the road.
The council's previous Conservative administration, which had driven the project for a number of years, revealed ahead of May's election that £39m of that money has already been spent.
