Additional funding is to be made available for preparatory work on the long awaited Cookstown bypass.
Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard recently announced that 25 million pounds would be allocated to improving the road network.
Part of this will go toward planning the bypass.
The bypass has been on the agenda for nearly 40 years.
It was first proposed in the 1978 East Tyrone Area Plan.
The Eastern Distributor Road was back on the agenda when it was included in the Cookstown Area Plan published in 2004.
The new comes as the multi million pound Magherafelt bypass was officially opened last month.
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