Spring 2023 date set for completion of Shrewsbury North West Relief Road
Shrewsbury's long-awaited North West Relief Road could be open traffic by the spring of 2023, Shropshire Council's chief transport officer has revealed.
The £71 million road which will link Bicton Heath to the Ellesmere Road has attracted millions of pounds of funding from the Department of Transport.
Two bridges will be built along the seven-mile route, one crossing the River Severn and the other over the Shrewsbury to Chester rail line.
The new road will span the Battlefield Link Road and the Oxon Link Road – and will provide a new, single-carriageway route taking traffic out of the town centre.
Matt Johnson, the council's strategic transport and contracts manager, said: "We have had to prove to the Department of Transport that we have a plan in terms of procurement and construction that can meet the deadline.
