Green light for delayed junction improvements

GOVERNMENT APPROVES FUNDING FOR LONG-AWAITED £41M PROJECT

- By JOE LOCKER Local democracy reporter

A £41m scheme to improve five junctions on two roads in Nottinghamshire has been given approval by the Government after a delay.

The final project to improve the junctions on the A6097/A614 corridor was first proposed back in 2019, with councillors having called for the changes for more than 20 years.

But funding for the scheme was placed under review by the Labour Government after the General Election last year.

It had been given planning consent in September 2022, and work was supposed to have started in 2023.

At a Nottinghamshire County Council meeting on Thursday, council leader Mick Barton (Reform UK) said the Department for Transport had given the scheme official approval. Councillor Barton said: “This approval marks a significant step forward for this county council-led scheme, with the final element of the funding coming off the back of a comprehensive full business case submitted by ourselves to the DfT.