Over the next decade, Shropshire should become more firmly embedded into the national transport system. In economic terms, arguably the biggest boost will come from the extension of the M54 motorway to Shrewsbury.
But with the new A5 Shrewsbury bypass linking to the M54 and M6, west Shropshire will prosper now that it is more accessible. Birmingham airport is less than an hour away by road (although north Shropshire people use Manchester) and London 2 1/2 hours.
CHOOSE your bridge when you enter Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire that sits on a promontory above a large horseshoe bend in the river Severn. If you come from the left on the map, it is the Welsh bridge; from the right, the English.
Nor is Shropshire, where too few properties are for sale, says Eddie Jenkins, of John German, in Shrewsbury.
Osteotech, the Shrewsbury, N.J.-based processor of bone and ligament tissue that was the subject of a 1.5 million-share offering last Friday, yesterday declared that issue null and void.
For Wellman, based in Shrewsbury, N.J., a leading manufacturer of fibers and plastic resins from recyclable waste products, the acquisition of CRInc will mean a steady source of raw materials.
'But you've got to go to where the market is.' Preliminary research for a feasibility study by Venture Business Consultants of Shrewsbury indicates that the idea has proved successful on a smaller scale.
The barracks near Shrewsbury, about 160 miles northwest of London, houses the crack 2nd Parachute Regiment.
Another of the 15, the InterCity link between Shrewsbury and the capital, was axed last month. The service to be cut is the daily InterCity train from Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincoln and Newark to London.
The IRA said it carried out this week's bomb attacks in Shrewsbury.