Councillor declines to put cost limit on controversial Shrewsbury relief road project
A council chief has declined to say how much will be too much to spend on a controversial new Shropshire road.
A meeting on Wednesday was told that more than £20 million has already been spent on the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road project which has not yet been granted planning permission.
Councillor Dean Carroll, Shropshire Council's cabinet member for physical infrastructure, justified the spending so far on the project but said the council "do not have a definitive likely cost at this time".
In response to a question from Councillor Rob Wilson, Councillor Carroll said: "The council is still developing its detailed design and monitoring market prices and as such do not have a definitive likely cost at this time.
"Should planning approval be granted a full business case will be developed for submission to the Department of Transport to release funding."
Councillor Wilson had referred to a piece in the Shropshire Star on the August 25, when Shrewsbury and Atcham's Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski was quoted as saying that “taxpayers” will already have to pay more” for the North West Relief Road.
