Wiltshire Council awards £20.7 million A350 Chippenham dualling contract to MJ Church

Wiltshire Council has awarded the contract for the final phases of dualling the A350 at Chippenham to civil engineering firm MJ Church.

Phases 4 and 5 of the project will turn the remaining single carriageway sections of the A350 at Chippenham into dual carriageways, while also improving Bumpers Farm Roundabout.

The project will give easier access to and from Bumpers Farm industrial estate, and crucially improve journey times on the A350, which is a key route from the M4 to the south coast and an important road that serves communities in the north and west of Wiltshire.

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Work is expected to begin in spring 2024 and end in autumn 2025, but the project will require approval of the Full Business Case by the Department for Transport before any work can start; this approval is expected in early 2024.

Cllr Caroline Thomas, cabinet member for Transport, said: We're delighted to award the contract for dualling the final part of the A350 at Chippenham to MJ Church.

"Not only did the company provide the most competitive quote, but MJ Church is also a local Chippenham company, so this project will secure jobs here in Wiltshire."

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Ben Staff (pictured), MJ Church's managing director, said: "We're delighted to have been awarded the contract to deliver this important local scheme.

"Our work on the A350 has spanned four decades and we are very excited to be delivering the final phases of its dualling, improving the community that we work in."