the ive of the scheme is to increase the capacity of the junction by widening of hyde lane/southam lane’s southbound and westbound approaches. this will also provide future proofing for cycleways planned as part of future work in phase 3. the sites ordnance survey national grid reference is as follows: so 9552 2587 - hyde lane / southam lane junction is found north west of cheltenham racecourse where the a435 meets hyde lane. the site is found to the north of cheltenham town centre. the site comprises of the a435, b4075, southam lane, hyde lane and swindon lane. the wider area is agricultural fields. full details are available in the tender documents. a summary of the outline programme for the scheme is shown below: tender period: 21st october 2021 to 18th november 2021 anticipated award: 26th november 2021 works start date: 4th january 2022 completion: 14th april 2022 overall duration: 14 weeks indicative value: £0.5m the proposed procurement route will be a single stage (open process) using the nec4 ecc option a priced form of contract with activity schedule. full details will be available in the tender pack that we advertised on thursday 21st october 2021.