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A new £3 million road is set to open up a £250 million housing and employment site going up on the southern edge of Mansfield. The new road goes through the centre of the Lindhurst site, next to Berry Hill, linking it to the Adamsway roundabout on the A6117.

It has been funded by local enterprise partnership D2N2, and will give access to a central area ion the 480 acre development with shops, a health centre, a new primary school, nursery, care homes, and offices. A community park and other green spaces are also planned, as well as a hotel, petrol station and roadside catering.

More than 500 homes have already been built and occupied on the land, which will rise to 1,700 in the coming years. There will also be 330,000 sq ft of commercial space, which Nottinghamshire County Council says could generate £100 million a year and support 4,000 jobs.

The road will open progressively as occupiers are ready, over the course of a year or so, and means more housing, retail and employment developers can move onto the land. The road work was project managed by Arc Partnership and delivered through its construction partner Balfour Beatty.

The wider Lindhurst development is being delivered by the Lindhurst Group, a partnership between the county council, Westerman Homes, and Lindhurst Jersey.

Richard Bowden, project representative for the Lindhust Group, said: “The Lindhurst Group is delighted to see the spine road project coming to fruition.

“It opens the way to key elements of Berry Hill such as the local centre, the site for the new primary school and almost 500 new dwellings, including 170 affordable homes, and connects to the employment area at the east of the development.

“The group is grateful to the D2N2 LEP and to Nottinghamshire County Council for helping to make this possible.”