After ten years of campaigning (see the 2014 photo, with Alex looking a little younger…) the vital Air Balloon infrastructure investment project is well underway.
Alex began campaigning for action back in 2013, before he was an MP, and vowed that if elected, he would fight to deliver a solution for our town.
Now after ten years, five Transport Secretaries, four route proposals, three House of Commons questions to the Prime Minister, one public inquiry and countless meetings with Highways officials, the scheme is taking shape.
The scheme has reached its next major milestone with earthworks beginning to excavate a new section of road from the Air Balloon roundabout.
Earthworks will see 1.5million cubic metres of rock excavation – enough to fill 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools – and the removal of 300,000 cubic metres of topsoil, to create 3.4 miles (5.5km) of new road over the next 18 months.
To find out more information - including about road closures and community engagement events - please click HERE.