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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Athena Stavrou

Council accidentally backs £95m extra cost for relief road after ‘typo’ in report

Shropshire Council

Councillors accidentally voted to support an extra £95m for a relief road after a mistake was filed in a report.

Shropshire Council voted through the report on the North West Relief Road on Thursday, but the cost of the bypass had been accidentally marked down as more than doubling from the £87m true estimate to £182m.

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