February 2021 - The scheme has been scrapped by council after years of uncertainty over its future; January 2020 - Scheme has been paused while the County Council is looking into alternatives to the project and Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has now withdrawn GBP27m project funding; August 2019 - Herefordshire council has decided to pause all work on the Hereford bypass and Southern link road, which represents a follow-on second stage of the bypass, to allow further time to review these schemes in more detail and look at other options; Project cost - GBP129mn