Date suggested for start of M54 link road to M6

Work on a congestion-busting link road between Shropshire's M54 and the M6 could begin as early as 2018, it was revealed today.

A cross party group of Shropshire MPs, councillors and officers from Telford & Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council met with minister Mike Penning MP on Tuesday to discuss a possible link from the M54 to the M6N and M6 Toll and has received assurances over the plan.

Mike Penning MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, said a public consultation on the £300 million scheme could start in 2015 with work beginning on a new link road in 2018/9.

He added: "As discussed with Mark Pritchard MP, we are reviewing the M54/M6/M6 Toll link road as a scheme for potential start of works post 2015.