The North West Relief Road will be decided on by councillors on 31 October.
The proposed road would link northern and western parts of Shrewsbury, benefitting businesses and reducing congestions, the council saidA planning committee has set a date to decide on an application for a long-running Shropshire bypass project.
Shropshire Council's northern planning committee will determine the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road on 31 October. It follows an announcement by Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper the scheme will go ahead with money saved by scrapping phase two of the HS2 line.contributors considering withdrawing fundsThe North West Relief Road is one of a number of Midlands transport projects set to receive a share of £10bn HS2 funding.for the single carriageway route, which will link northern and western parts of Shrewsbury and include a new bridge over the River Severn.
after councillors voted to back £95m of extra borrowing last month after the figure was mistakenly included in a report.The agenda and reports will be published five working days before the planning meeting, which will be held at Shirehall in Shrewsbury at 14:00 BST.
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