THE latest pictures of the mammoth works undertaken to improve the Mile End roundabout in Oswestry have been released.

Taken by drones sent up by construction company Balfour Beatty, the pictures show the full effect of the so-called 'dumbbell' roundabouts which are designed to ease congestion around the A5 and A483 interchange.

The pictures show the full size of the new roundabout, which is also opening up access to the new Innovation Park, and how it will take traffic directly onto the A5 towards Shrewsbury, with the work carried out at an impressive speed.

A spokesman said: "Work at Oswestry’s Mile End roundabout is well under way – as these incredible images show.

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"Shropshire Council and Balfour Beatty are working 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week at the site to get the work complete as soon as possible.

"The project will ease congestion, improve the gateway to the town and open up land for the proposed Oswestry Innovation Park.

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"Balfour Beatty sent up a drone to capture the latest work – with these stunning results. The existing Mile End Junction is a five-arm roundabout with one exit that was unused.

"Housing sites already allocated through the current Local Plan in Oswestry require improvements to the road network to enable approved sites to be developed.

"Shropshire Council has accessed funds from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) through Homes England and the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) for this project where a new roundabout layout is being constructed."

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Closures for the work are still in place, from September 20 until November 4, to work on the northern tie in just north of the existing Mile End Roundabout.

More work is set to take place between November 5 and December 1 from 8pm to 6am for work on the southern tie in to the east of the existing Mile End Roundabout.