Residents 'waiting desperately' for Shrewsbury relief road, says transport boss
A transport boss has claimed residents are "waiting desperately" for the controversial £81 million Shrewsbury North West Relief Road to save them from traffic misery.
Councillor Dean Carroll, Shropshire Council's portfolio holder for physical infrastructure, was defending the project as councillors criticised a £2.5m overspend on the road and said the authority faced "a day of reckoning" over the project.
During a meeting in which the authority's financial outturn was discussed, Councillor Julia Buckley, Bridgnorth West and Tesley's Labour representative, said the Conservative led authority was spending money on a road "nobody wants".
"I do hope that residents are going to be discerning enough to read through this report and see exactly what this administration has chosen to spend its money on," she said.
"We've managed to overspend by £2.5 million on the North West Relief Road - the four miles of road that nobody wants. We've managed to underspend by £1.3 million on school 20mph zones and local transport plans.
