National Highways axes Skanska’s £300m A46 Newark bypass

National Highways has cancelled its contract with Skanska to advance the long-delayed A46 Newark Bypass project in the East Midlands.
Skanska announced the cancellation of the £297m contract this morning by National Highways, warning it adversely impacted the Swedish group’s order book in the second quarter.
The scheme to dual 6.5km of the A46 received development consent late last year but no timetable for the project’s start has been released.Subcontractors had been pricing w