Soaring costs see £10m Devon road project put on hold

Mid Devon District Council has decided to pause plans to complete a new junction on the A361 North Devon Link Road at Tiverton.
Council chiefs put the £10m scheme on hold after tender prices came in significantly above expectations.
The decision was taken after the council was warned that the funding gap had reached £3m and any further delay to value engineer the scheme would likely just see costs rise again in the present high inflationary environment.Planned work involves adding a