United Kingdom, April 28 -- Balfour Beatty announces that it has received Notice to Proceed on the £54 million Middlewich Eastern Bypass for Cheshire East Council.The project, awarded through the SCAPE framework, will see Balfour Beatty construct a new 2.5 kilometre carriageway bypass running east of Middlewich in Cheshire, two new major junctions, a new highway bridge over the Trent and Mersey Canal and a new bridge crossing Sandbach-Northwich railway line as well as integrated active travel infrastructure.Since its appointment as Preferred Bidder, the company has worked closely and collaboratively with Cheshire East Council to progress the detailed design development alongside Balfour Beatty's Strategic Design Partner - Jacobs UK - a...