The official preferred route for the Northern Trans-Pennine route - the A66 in Cumbria - has been announced. The A66 links the M6 at Penrith with the A1(M) at Scotch Corner in North Yorkshire. Improvements worth £lbn include an underpass at the congested Kemplay Bank roundabout near Penrith, five new bypasses, key junction improvements and dualling. Amey Consulting with Arup have won the £45M design contract for the project. Highways England's senior project manager Matt Townsend said: "We feel the proposals reflect ours and the government's vision of a Northern Trans-Pennine route fit for the rest of the century. They also reflect the aspirations of the majority of people, including a diverse range of interest groups, who engaged with us in many months of discussion or gave us their views during the consultation." Preferred options will now go into a period of further analysis, development and design before a second public consultation and scrutiny next year.
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