Balfour Beatty has been appointed to design and build North Hykeham Relief Road in Lincoln.

Lincolnshire County Council voted to appoint the contractor to build the final piece of Lincoln's ring road and begin all pre-construction elements of the scheme.

The decision was made by Executive during its meeting on Tuesday 5 April.

Among the pre-construction elements Balfour Beatty will be:

• Preliminary site surveys

• Preparing an outline scheme design

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• Assisting with planning application submission and any resulting planning conditions

• Detailed design of the new road

• Carrying out preliminary on-site works

Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: "Now that Executive has voted to progress the North Hykeham Relief Road further, the scheme is one step closer to being built.

"Next, we'll be officially appointing Balfour Beatty in the coming weeks, who we fully expect to hit the ground running.

"Once appointed, the next steps for the project will be carrying out topographical, ecological, archaeological and ground condition surveys to ascertain ahead of submitting a planning application in 2023. And, all being well, we’ll start construction of the road towards the end of 2025."

Once underway, construction is expected to last for three years, with the road opened in late 2028.