Cllr Mike Wilcox

The final piece of the Lichfield Southern Bypass will boost the city’s prosperity, according to the leader of Lichfield District Council.

The first stage of work to connect the A5127 Birmingham Road with the A5206 London Road started this week as land was cleared ready for the new road to be created.

The £17.5million scheme will also involve creating an underpass beneath the cross city railway line.

Cllr Mike Wilcox

Cllr Mike Wilcox, leader of Lichfield District Council, said the completed bypass would be a key part to unlocking growth in the city.

“It’s great news that work on the final section of Lichfield’s southern bypass is starting,” he said.

“Once complete, it will help to boost Lichfield’s prosperity ever further by easing pressure on city roads and making Lichfield an even more attractive place to live, work and set up businesses.”

Ross

Founder of Lichfield Live and editor of the site.

5 replies on “Completed southern bypass will help unlock growth in Lichfield, says council leader”

  1. How will it unlock Growth? Boost prosperity? Ease congestion? These sayings roll of these councillors tongues without a shred facts/ logic backing them up.You won’t be able to get to the town centre other than walk if you can. Congestion will increase!! This Southern Bypass is just a road for entry and exit for the houses that will be built on it.

  2. Lovley building a new bypass is all good but how about stopping the landlords charging so much rent in the shops in lichfield to help bussiness’s thrive. There are more and more houses being built in and around lichfield but no cinema, bowling alley etc

  3. Boosting the city’s prosperity, by allowing people to go around the city, faster.

    The cynic in me wonders what deal was done with the housing developers to bring more faceless red-brick boxes to southern Lichfield?

  4. Having a scientific background, I always like to see evidence for such grand claims, so I looked for some. Suffice to say there’s not a lot out there. In fact, from what I can find (and I’d be interested if anyone else can find something different) the evidence seems to be mixed at best and in some instances points in the opposite direction. One think tank (Centre for Cities) says that the “local economic benefits of road infrastructure are less than clear” (https://www.centreforcities.org/blog/road-investment-route-local-economic-growth/).

    Can Cllr Wilcox provide the source of his evidence that more roads will deliver the benefits he’s suggesting?

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