A long-awaited bypass gets a ceremonial opening today by Transport Minister Lord MacDonald of Tradeston. Work on the final stage of the Stockton South Link Road begins in October.
Preparatory work has been continuing for several months.
The road will link Ingleby Barwick with the A66 and Stockton town centre and is designed to relieve traffic congestion in Ingleby Barwick and Thornaby.
The road was partly built in the early 1990s.
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