Roads Minister Richard Holden says the new road will help visitors savour the town's 'delicious pork pies and Stilton cheese'
An inflation-hit road bypass project has been backed by more than £49m of government funding.
Roads Minister Richard Holden said the road will help visitors savour Melton Mowbray's "delicious pork pies and Stilton cheese". It will generate an estimated £144m in economic opportunities and support more than 3,400 new jobs, he said. The road is planned to relieve traffic congestion in the town centre and unlock land for new housing.
The scheme consists of a single carriageway road which will extend from the A606 Nottingham Road at the north-western edge of the town to the A606 Burton Road in the south.
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