A pensioner living next to a new major road project will have to access his home through a $7.5 million tunnel after the road is completed in 2027.
A pensioner living next to a new major road project will access his home through a ‘private’ tunnel — that could cost up to $7.5 million. Brian Garlick has been forced out of his home alongside the A417 Missing Link — a three-mile-long dual carriageway under construction between Gloucester and Cirencester. But he says National Highways has withdrawn an offer of $940,000 to buy the property so he will be stuck with it after the project is completed in 2027.
And he said he was shocked at hearing the safest way to access his home when the road eventually opens would be through a specially built tunnel — costing between $5 million and $7.5 million.He explained that the tunnel is planned to be a quarter of a mile away from his house — but the details of its dimensions are yet to be decided. Brian, 69, who is currently living alone in a caravan park during the building phase must currently give 21 days notice to access the home he was born in. Garlick said: “At first I was a little bit shocked (when they suggested a tunnel) and a little bit over the top but when you looked at it there was no real other alternative for them to do it.Garlick says National Highways has withdrawn an offer of $940,000 to buy the property so he will be stuck with it after the project is completed in 2027.Garlick said he initially hoped to sell his mum and grandad’s 1950s house to National Highways but has now been told it was “unable” to buy it. The authority said the underpass had always been planned to allow access to two telephone masts and help with drainage in the area. The spokesperson added that while National Highways did initially discuss buying Garlick’s property, it was later confirmed that it sits outside of the scheme boundary and therefore it “had no viable route to do so”.Garlick said he initially hoped to sell his mum and grandad’s 1950s house to National Highways but has now been told it was “unable” to buy it
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