A66 upgrade pledge after budget cut fears.The upgrade on the A66 at Long Newton will go ahead, despite rumours the project could be scrapped. The scheme is one of eight major road improvements in the country under threat because of spending cuts. A report in a national newspaper this week claimed the projects could be postponed because of the need to divert di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. more money than expected into the crumbling rail network. But today a Highways Agency spokesman denied the schemes had been axed. He said: "They are in the Government's Targeted Programme of Improvements and will go ahead. "We are planning to start work on them during this financial year. They are at different stages of development, and in the light of the Spending Review we may need to consider when we start on site." The Treasury will complete the Spending Review in July July: see month. . In December, ministers agreed to a grade-separated junction at Long Newton, and a new link road between the village and Elton. The decision for the controversial road junction at an accident blackspot An accident blackspot is a term used in road safety management to denote a place where accidents are concentrated. It may occur for a variety of reasons, such as a sharp drop or corner in a straight road, so oncoming traffic is concealed, a hidden junction on a fast road, poor or came five months after a public inquiry. A starting date has not yet been fixed for the pounds 790,000 project. |
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