Nationwide list of the dropped schemes
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The schemes withdrawn from the roads programme:
M12-M25 in Chelmsford, Essex; M606- A6177 Staygate improvement, Bradford; A1- M1 Scratchwood link, Barnet, North London; A1 Tempsford scheme, Beds; A5 Towcester bypass, Northants; A6 Loughborough bypass, Leics; A6/A46 Leicester eastern bypass, Leics; A6 Kibworth-Market Harborough improvement, Leics; A12 Saxmundham bypass dualling, Suffolk; A16 East Keal bypass, Lincs.
A31 Malwood Hill-Ringwood improvement, Hants; A36 West Wellow bypass, Hants; A38-A5148 junction improvement, Staffs; A40 Headington bypass, Oxon; A40 north Oxford bypass; A40 Longford-M50 (Gorsley) improvement, Glos; A41 Christleton and Waverton bypass, Cheshire; A43-A16 Stamford relief road, Lincs; A45 Broad Lane-Tile Hill Lane junction improvement, Coventry; A45 Leamington Road junction improvement, Coventry; A45 Sir Henry Parkes Road-Kenilworth Road junction improvement, Coventry.
A47 Skeffington Bends improvement, Leics; A49 Dorrington bypass, Shropshire; A49 Ashton bypass, Hereford & Worcs; A51 Burford and The Green improvement, Cheshire; A54 Kelsall bypass to A556, Cheshire; A56-A682 junction improvement, Lancs; A59 East and West Marton bypass, North Yorks; A63 west of A1 improvement, Leeds.
A167 Durham western bypass; A167 Cock o' the North, Aycliffe, improvement, Durham; A339 Basingstoke-Headley bypass improvement, Hants; A339 Headley bypass, Hants; A339 Headley bypass-Newbury improvement, Hants/Berks; A406 Ironbridge- Neasden improvement, Brent, north-west London; A428 Lavendon bypass, Bucks; A428 Turvey bypass, Beds; A523 Leek bypass-Rushton Spencer improvement, Staffs; A556-M6-A559 improvement, Cheshire; A556 Delamere-Oakmere/Norley Lane-A49, Cheshire; A580 corridor improvement (Liverpool-Manchester), Knowsley, St Helens, Wigan, Salford.
A585 Norcross-M55 link, Lancs; A1079 Bishop Burton bypass, Humberside; A1237 York northern bypass improvement, N Yorks; A6120 Leeds outer ring road; A6120 Seacroft-Crossgates bypass, Leeds; A6120 Preston southern and western bypass, Lancs; east-west route A1-Stansted, Herts & Essex; east-west route A5-A1, Herts & Beds.
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