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<p>Funding for the proposed Isham Bypass (also known as the A509 Wellingborough Development
Link) was provisionally approved by the Government in 2014 as part of the Northamptonshire
Growth Deal. This approval is subject to the scheme promoters, Northamptonshire County
Council, obtaining any necessary statutory permissions and submitting to the Department
a Final Business Case for approval.</p><p> </p><p>The Council expects to submit a
Final Business Case in March 2017. Ministers will then make a final funding decision,
as quickly as possible thereafter, on whether to support the scheme. The Council’s
current programme is to start construction in September 2017 and to open the completed
road in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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