Balfour's £400m A46 job finally gets go-ahead

The Department for Transport has given the green light to the A46 Newark to Widmerpool project, which was awarded to Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering back in 2004.

The Early Contractor Involvement project is worth between £322m and £409m.

The scheme will involve the construction of a new 28km, two-lane dual carriageway from the A606 two-level junction at Widmerpool to an improved roundabout at Farndon, just South of Newark.

Work is expected to start in early 2009 and is scheduled for completion in late 2011.