January 2022 - Construction underway; December 2020 - Project has been included in the budget of 2021-22; May 2020 - Highways England got development approval for the project; January 2020 - Skanska has won GBP143mn (USD186mn) contract to modernize the junction; August 2017 - Highways England is taking forward modified version of Option 1 as preferred route, that will see new 2.4 km dual carriageway link road aligned to west of Bickenhill between A45 Clock Interchange and new junction on M42; Project cost - GBP282mn