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拢29 million for North Yorkshire bypass

皇冠体育app North Yorkshire economy to benefit from major transport funding

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Building the A684 bypass in North Yorkshire can start after the Department for Transport agreed to fund over 拢29 million towards the scheme.

皇冠体育app bypass will remove traffic from villages and improve journey times on a vital east-west tourist route to the Yorkshire Dales. 皇冠体育app communities of Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar will be bypassed, making their roads quieter and safer. Access to the Leeming Bar Industrial Estate will also be improved.

Transport Minister Baroness Kramer said:

皇冠体育app A684 scheme will provide significant environmental improvements to the communities bypassed. 皇冠体育app very important local tourist market will benefit and the bypass will help support growth of the local economy.

We are putting 拢29 million into this project because the government is serious about investing in the infrastructure the country needs to drive economic growth, both locally and nationally.

皇冠体育app scheme consists of a new 4.8 kilometre single carriageway road from the A684 north of Bedale to the A684 east of Leeming Bar, which links into Junction 51 of the A1(M).

皇冠体育app A684 is the principal east-west route between Northallerton, the county town of North Yorkshire, and the Yorkshire Dales.

Today鈥檚 announcement grants final approval to the scheme, promoted by North Yorkshire County Council, enabling work to begin. Work is scheduled to start shortly with completion in May 2016.

皇冠体育app department will provide a maximum of 拢29.202 million towards the full scheme cost of 拢34.2 million.

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Published 16 July 2014