Nearly £5 million of government funding has been promised for plans to improve freight access to the Port of Immingham in north-east Lincolnshire.

The proposals include a one kilometre link road between the A18 and the A180, which is designed to ease the pressure of HGV traffic on the town of Immingham. A new roundabout will also be built where the new road joins the B1210.

Transport minister Baroness Kramer said: “The £4.9 million government funding we are announcing today (February 13th) will improve access and bring economic and growth opportunities to the Port of Immingham and the local economy. With the port expanding over the coming years, the A18 and the A180 link road will end the existing traffic problems and improve the lives of local people.”
The government will provide £4.911 million of the total £6.266 million cost of the project, which is set to be completed by February 2016.