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 carrigeway 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But he says National Highways has withdrawn an offer of $940,000 to buy the property so he will be stuck with it after the project is completed in 2027.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.
Brian Garlick has been forced out of his home alongside
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