Shrewsbury North West Relief Road due to be considered by Full Council before Christmas

The Full Business Case (FBC) for the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road (NWRR) will be considered by the council before Christmas 2024.

Originally the plan was to bring the FBC to September’s Full Council meeting, however the council’s preference is to complete the planning permission first, by meeting the recommendations of Northern Planning Committee made in February 2024.

The council is continuing to work with stakeholders and its partners to ensure that the required section 106s are agreed. Once this work is complete, the planning notice will be issued.

This extra time has enabled the council to go back out to contract bidders to explore ways to achieve better value for money on the scheme’s costs.

This final figure will be disclosed as part of the FBC.

Dan Morris, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for highways, said:

“Back in October 2023, planning committee resolved to issue planning permission notice, subject to agreement of section 106 agreements. and satisfactory discharge of conditions. It’s a very complex scheme so and there are still a few remaining issues to complete before the FBC is ready to come to council.

“We’re very nearly there though and expect this to be before Christmas, and subject to approval will be shared with the Department for Transport.”