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Costs soar on Heads of Valleys dualling

Roads

21 February 2020
 

A road dualling scheme in South Wales is likely to end up costing about £100m more than estimated at the start of construction works, the Welsh Audit Office said this week.   

The Auditor General for Wales has released a report into the dualling of a five-mile section of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road, between Gilwern and Brynmawr. The project involves building on a steep-sided valley – the Clydach Gorge.

At the start of the detailed design and construction contract in...

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