M1 Widening Luton-Bedford
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Scheme Outline
On-line widening of the M1 between junctions 10 and 13 to dual-four lane standard. It includes improvements to junctions 11, 12 and 13, though exactly what the improvements will entail is not yet clear. Given the cost of the scheme, large-scale reconstruction is highly unlikely.
Project Statistics
- Cost
- £171m
- Finance
- Highways Agency
- Estimated duration of works
- 2006-2008
- Length of works
- 15 miles
Progress
- November 2005
- £171m contract awarded.
- January 2006
- As the scheme had already completed statutory procedures and cleared a public inquiry before being cancelled in 1995, work is cleared to start as early as March 2006.
- May 2007
- Work is not cleared to start in March 2006, and instead the scheme has gone back to public consultation. The Highways Agency now estimates a start date of autumn 2008. It's possible that this is to delay the project for budgeting reasons.
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With thanks to David Biagi, Owen Brown and Gerry McKenna for information on this page.
