Planning application accepted for A417/A419 upgrade between Gloucester and Swindon
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Highways England has said The Planning Inspectorate has accepted its planning application for the A417/A419 upgrade between Gloucester and Swindon. The A417/A419 upgrade scheme will be an alternative to the M5/M4 route via Bristol. The ‘missing link’ as it is called, is a 5km stretch of single-lane carriageway on the A417 between the Brockworth bypass […]