Shrewsbury relief road plan given £1m boost by Government
Almost £1 million has been awarded by the Government to put together a business case for Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road.
The announcement was made in yesterday's Autumn Statement and the Department for Transport has now confirmed up to £942,000 has been awarded to Marches Local Enterprise Partnership for the scheme.
Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski raised the issue in Westminster during Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions, saying it can take up to an hour to cross the town due to the levels of congestion.
Mr Kawczynski said: "I have told the Prime Minister repeatedly about the importance of this for Shrewsbury.
I am pleased with this investment and I will continue to push hard until the first slab of concrete is laid."
The funding will allow the LEP to build a business case for the project, which the Department for Transport said it expected to receive early in 2018.
A Government grant of £100 million, combined with £10 million of cash from another source would be needed to fund the scheme.
Plans for the four-mile bypass, running from the A5 at Churncote island to the western end of Battlefield link road, were shelved almost six years ago.
More Autumn Statement reaction in today's Shropshire Star.
