Contract awarded for new £45m road in East Yorkshire

THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE

- By HANNAH CORKEN

A CONTRACTOR has been appointed for a major project to create a new £45m relief road for Howden.

East Riding Council has officially awarded the main construction contract for the anticipated Howden Relief Road scheme, which is designed to reduce congestion by diverting heavy traffic away from the town centre, reducing accidents, lowering carbon emissions and improving travel times.

The project will see the building of a link road between the A614 Thorpe Road and Station Road (B1228), together with four roundabouts, on what is currently farmland.

The contract has been awarded to Aureos, a Sheffield-based firm recognised for its expertise in infrastructure development.

The firm is due to start work on the new road at the beginning of July and it is scheduled to take two years to complete.