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Man, to Receive £6m Taxpayer-Funded Private Tunnel

January, 08, 2025-04:33

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Man, to Receive £6m Taxpayer-Funded Private Tunnel

Since then, Mr Garlicky said he has been told in a meeting with the road authority that the safest way to access his home when the works are completed would be through a specially built tunnel costing between £4million and £6million.Since then, Mr garlicky said he has been told in a meeting with the road authority that the safest way to access his home when the works are completed would be through a specially built tunnel costing between £4million and £6million.National Highways said it always planned to build an underpass to allow access to two telephone masts and help with drainage in the area but was unable to be specific on the cost of individual elements of the scheme. 

Mr Garlicky, 69, who is living alone in a caravan park during the building phase, must currently give 21 days’ notice to access the home he was born inches 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. Mr Garlicky 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.
'If they had paid me out like they initially said that would have been it. 'Mr Garlicky initially hoped to sell his mum and grandad's 1950s house to National Highways but has now been told it was 'unable' to buy itched said one offer had been made and later withdrawn. 'The way they have handled everything has been absolutely diabolic,' Mr Garlicky added.

'I live in a fifth wheel caravan - and I had to buy it myself. The contractors are only paying for the costs of the campsite fees and the petrol. ‘I still have to pay the council tax, electricity and all the bills for the house. ‘I have never had an apology from National Highways. They only came to the house in June and said the time has run out and we are not doing anything else. 'I haven't heard anything from National Highways from then until now.'The spokesperson added that while National Highways did initially discuss buying Mr Garlic’s property, it was later confirmed that it sits outside of the scheme boundary and therefore it 'had no viable route to do so'.