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Bristow condemns decision to scrap DCO for A47 upgrade

Deniz Huseyin
02 April 2026
Paul Bristow: The Government badly wrong to withdraw funding from this scheme
Paul Bristow: The Government badly wrong to withdraw funding from this scheme

 

Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Paul Bristow has condemned the Government’s decision to formally revoke a Development Consent Order (DCO) to dual a section of the A47.  This follows Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s announcement last summer that the Government would not 

fund the scheme, estimated to cost £130m.

The project was originally approved by the previous Government three years ago. But Alexander withdrew consent after her department found...

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