The route will be upgraded to a dual 2-lane carriageway along a 3.8km stretch.

Works will also include an underpass at Fairthorne Junction and Longfield Road; Site clearance works; Vehicular road restraint systems; Drainage and service ducts; Earthworks that may include reinforced soil techniques; A retaining wall adjacent to the promontory at Tudeley Woods; Pavements; Traffic signs and road markings and an Overbridge at Blackhurst Lane.

Up to five firms will be invited to tender and contractors must register their interest by August 28 with Highways Agency Woodlands, Manton Lane Industrial Estate, Manton Lane Susan Wheeler MK41 7LW Bedford UNITED KINGDOM +44 1234796097 [email protected] or online at highways.bravosolution.co.uk