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BBC News
08-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Final funding for Lincoln ring road awarded by government
Plans to build the last part of a ring road around Lincoln have been awarded funding by the North Hykeham Relief Road was allocated £110m towards its £200m cost by the Conservative government in Labour put this on hold in a review of spending plans when it took Secretary Heidi Alexander confirmed the funding as part of 50 road and rail schemes across the UK. Lincoln Labour MP Hamish Falconer told BBC Radio Lincolnshire the amount of final funding was "subject to a business case process", but added he thought it was "nigh on certain" the road would be built."This has been a plan which has been long in the making and I'm really pleased today that we can confirm that it's going ahead," he said."I can't say numbers today because it's going to depend on the business case process. But yeah, the money is there from the Department of Transport to finish the ring road."Lincolnshire County Council will pay the rest of the construction dual carriageway will connect the Lincoln Eastern bypass with the A15 Sleaford independent inspector, appointed by the transport secretary, is holding a public inquiry into the scheme over objections from those who face having their land used or approved, the road is expected to be opened in late announced by the transport secretary were plans for digital signalling upgrades on the railway line between London and to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Shropshire Council looks for way out of relief road scheme
A council has asked the government if it could end a controversial ring road project, but keep the £39m government money it has spent to the run up to the recent local elections, the Liberal Democrats pledged to scrap Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road if they took control of the won power with 42 of the 74 seats and have now written to the government to ask for a discussion over their the letter, council leader Heather Kidd said: "Taxpayers rightly demand that their money is spent wisely, and we feel we have inherited a near impossible situation to progress the scheme, which is only likely be solved by intervention from Ministers." The letter, signed by Ms Kidd and her deputy, Alex Wagner, was addressed to the Secretary of State for Transport and notes that, while the Department for Transport had initially committed £54m to the scheme, Shropshire Council was responsible for the goes on to say that inflation and delays meant the cost of the project now stands at an estimated £ Lib Dem administration said it "cannot guarantee that this funding gap can be covered" and that it would not be financially responsible to borrow the required council pointed out that Norfolk County Council did not have to return £33m when it withdrew a link road application, and asked the government for "an open and honest discussion".It also asked to draw a line under plans for the Oxon Link Road and suggested less costly alternatives to reduce congestion could be looked at relief road project was started and pushed forward by the previous Conservative administration on Shropshire of the local elections, both Labour and the Green Party had also pledged to scrap it, and the Green Party leader, Julian Dean, said the council "is at risk of bankruptcy" if it cancels the two roads projects and are forced to pay back the £39m spent. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
