Businesses asked for views on need for M54/M6 link

Midlands Connect has urged firms to highlight the "critical demand to upgrade this vital link", which would serve Shropshire, Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.

It said plenty of businesses on the M54 corridor, held back by gridlock and daily delays on local roads such as the A449 and A460, would benefit.

Swati Mittal, integrated transport programme lead, said: "We want to hear about the impact that local congestion and gridlock on the A460 and A449 can cause your firm on a daily basis."

Midlands Connect cited a construction industry report, external [1] that said five schemes had been axed across the country.

Ms Mittal said: "As the government reviews the capital programme, we are working to give them up-to-date evidence, but also the latest views and intelligence from local firms."

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^ construction industry report, external (www.building.co.uk)