Funding go-ahead for Banwell bypass after fresh cost hike

Construction of North Somerset’s delayed Banwell Bypass can now go-ahead after extra funding is set to be rubber-stamped by the local council.
The project approved in 2023 was originally budgeted to cost £66m. But this has now soared to a total expected cost of £105m.
Early delays, industry inflation and previously selected contractor Alun Griffiths walking away from the project last year has driven up costs.Since then Galliford Try has been appointed to deliver the scheme. The