Council spends over £39 million on a revamped transport plan then cancelled it

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Council spends over £39 million on a revamped transport plan then cancelled it.

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Shropshire Council spent over £39million on a transport plan built around a road, before the road was declared unaffordable and the plan was cancelled.The Shrewsbury Big Town Plan brands itself as "ambitious and bold, reshaping the physical public realm and matching it with an outstanding public experience," and one of the flagship changes under the new plan would be in the introduction of the North West Relief Road, with the new road as a whole being costed at £71m.

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However, estimates now believe that the costs for the plan have risen to over £162m.The council previously said that, due to the increased costs and the financial position of the council, it could not continue to build the North West Relief Road.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Work on the road was paused last summer after the Labour government said it would not provide the £215m worth of funding now required to complete the project.Construction on the road stopped when the government confirmed there would be no further...

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