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Conor Coyle

Over 180 businesses in call for 'crucial' A5 road upgrade

More than 180 businesses in the North West have signed an open letter calling for urgent progress to the delayed A5 road upgrade.

A total of £90million has already been spent on the project without any construction having started, while total estimated costs have ballooned to more than £1.6billion.

Attempts by the Department for Infrastructure to progress the scheme, which would upgrade the entire section of the road from Newbuildings to Aughnacloy to dual carriageway, have been thwarted by a succession of legal challenges.

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