Why has the proposed completion date of the scheme been put back to 2010?
A. It is currently anticipated that the northern section of the Western Relief Road which is between Lawford Road and Newbold Road will be completed near the end of 2010. This will be about 12 months later than originally predicted. The main reason for the delay is that Network Rail encountered problems with the upgrading of the West Coast Mainline in 2007 and 2008 which impacted on the Relief Road construction. This resulted in the construction of Parkfield Road Railway Bridge being delayed by approximately 11 months. This operation was, and still is on the critical path, so any such a delays bear directly on the final completion date. Also further delays have been incurred due to the much shorter track possessions being made available by Network rail. In particular a single closure of 50 hours to allow the bridge beams to be placed now requires 6 consecutive Saturday-Sunday overnight closures to complete the works. As a major part of the scheme the original Parkfield Road is being re
