Delay to Gloucs A417 ‘Missing Link’

Gloucestershire County Council has reported a delay to the delivery schedule for Highways England’s A417 ‘Missing Link’ scheme to build a 3.6 mile new dual carriageway connecting the A417 Brockworth bypass with the  A417 dual carriageway south of Cowley. The project features in Highways England’s Road Investment Strategy 2 programme for 2020/21-2024/25 but Gloucestershire says the Development Consent Order (DCO) application was not submitted to the Planning Inspectorate in May/June as planned. “This will now affect the scheme’s delivery programme,” says Gloucestershire. “Further information is awaited.” HE’s project website says the DCO application will be submitted in 2021.