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Wakefield stalls on £17.5m Yorks deal
16:09 25 Jun 2005
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Wakefield Council is facing further delays before it can get a
£17.5m highways deal on the road.
The West Yorkshire local authority's Hemsworth-A1 link road originally surfaced more than a year ago but was subsequently hit by landowners objecting to compulsory purchase orders.
A council spokesman said: "We have successfully negotiated with the objectors and there won't be the need for a public inquiry."
But the council spokesman added: "We still haven't got the government to stump up the funds and until then we can't send out the tender documentation."
It is expected that Wakefield will ask five contractors to pitch for the deal.
It is understood that the earliest the council expects to hear of the government's decision is in six weeks' time.
The scheme includes 8km of single carriageway and two railway bridges.
The West Yorkshire local authority's Hemsworth-A1 link road originally surfaced more than a year ago but was subsequently hit by landowners objecting to compulsory purchase orders.
A council spokesman said: "We have successfully negotiated with the objectors and there won't be the need for a public inquiry."
But the council spokesman added: "We still haven't got the government to stump up the funds and until then we can't send out the tender documentation."
It is expected that Wakefield will ask five contractors to pitch for the deal.
It is understood that the earliest the council expects to hear of the government's decision is in six weeks' time.
The scheme includes 8km of single carriageway and two railway bridges.
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