Shropshire

Shropshire asks DfT to end Shrewsbury North West Relief Road misery

15/05/2025

The incoming Liberal Democrat leaders of Shropshire Council have requested an emergency meeting with the transport secretary to discuss ending the beleaguered Shrewsbury North West Relief Road project.

DfT throws Norfolk – and Shropshire – a lifeline

05/03/2025

The Department for Transport has said it will not ask Norfolk County Council to return £33m funding towards its shelved £274m link road.

Council 'keeps digging' over £39m scheme sunk costs

28/02/2025

Shropshire Council’s planned Shrewsbury North West Relief Road is now projected to cost £215m, leaving a funding gap of £176m and potential sunk costs of £39m.

Council 'keeps digging' over £39m scheme sunk costs

20/02/2025

Shropshire Council’s planned Shrewsbury North West Relief Road is now projected to cost £215m, leaving a funding gap of £176m and potential sunk costs of £39m, posing ‘very significant financial implications’ if abandoned.

Relief road struggles to find credible funding source

14/02/2025

Shropshire Council has admitted that its controversial Shrewsbury North West Relief Road has a funding gap of over £100m – a deficit for which it currently has no credible funding source.

Council gains stakeholder support for road scheme using 'confidential data'

24/01/2025

Shropshire Council has declined to disclose the modelling it is using to gain support among public sector leaders for a controversial relief road scheme.

'Carbon bomb' warning adds to relief road woes

23/12/2024

Shropshire Council has sought to shrug off a new estimate of the carbon impact of its controversial relief road scheme by increasing the budget and timescale for its pledge to offset the scheme’s emissions.

Auditors warn over relief road bankruptcy risk

02/12/2024

Shropshire Council has postponed the long-awaited full business case (FBC) for its controversial relief road scheme - as some suggest the deliverability risks threaten the authority with de facto bankruptcy.

£200m NWRR project under DfT microscope

10/10/2024

The controversial Shrewsbury North West Relief Road (NWRR) is under threat from the Government’s low value project review, despite a claim from Shropshire Council that it remained within the normal approval process for Large Local Major schemes.

Shropshire mix up adds confusion to bypass controversy

16/07/2024

Shropshire Council's controversial £170m bypass has run into more trouble after the regional water company mistakenly announced a road closure for advance works despite continuing funding doubts.

Lib Dems opposition calls for freeze on beleaguered Shropshire scheme

09/07/2024

Shropshire Council faces new calls to freeze spending on its controversial £170m Shrewsbury North West Relief Road (NWRR) project as it ‘resizes’ to stave off financial collapse.

Auditors warned over relief road 'iceberg'

15/04/2024

A councillor has asked Shropshire Council’s external auditor to investigate concerns the North West Relief Road (NWRR) in Shrewsbury will 'completely bankrupt the council'.

Shropshire tenders relief road build at £110m

15/03/2024

Shropshire Council has admitted it has had no official communication from the Government to support its expectation that a controversial new road will be ‘fully funded’, as it tendered its construction with a price estimate of £110m.

Shropshire throws cash at NWRR as costs soar

29/02/2024

Shropshire Council has agreed a further £17m capital funding for its Shrewsbury North West Relief Road (NWRR) as the controversial scheme faces a new threat of legal action.

‘Show Us The Money’: Campaigners demand funding answers

06/02/2024

Shropshire Council has declined to give an updated cost for its North West Relief Road (NWRR) scheme, which campaigners say could cost more than £200m.

Shropshire beats partial retreat over 'misrepresentation' claims

22/01/2024

Shropshire Council’s cabinet member for highways has conceded that the Environment Agency did not state that the risk to Shrewsbury’s water supply from a new road would be ‘minimal’, as he had claimed.

DfT backtracks on 'full funding' hopes for Shropshire scheme

15/01/2024

The Department for Transport (DfT) has backtracked on a pledge from the transport secretary to fully fund a road scheme in Shropshire as the costs soar.

Environment Agency says council misreported its views on £80m road

05/01/2024

Shropshire Council has denied that a planning committee was misled over the Environment Agency’s (EA) attitude to a controversial new road, which the EA believes could present a significant risk to the area’s water supply.

Campaigners undaunted as Gove refuses call-in

01/12/2023

Campaigners have vowed to fight after levelling up secretary Michael Gove rejected calls for a public inquiry into the North West Relief Road in Shrewsbury.

Alarm over relief road 'threat to water supply'

13/11/2023

Campaigners have asked the Government's communities secretary to hold a public inquiry into plans for a £80m relief road in Shropshire.

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