a white paper, "roads for prosperity", published in 1989, proposed to widen the chelmsford bypass and the section from hatfield peverel to witham to dual 3 lane; it also proposed widening the section from saxmundham to lowestoft and from wickham market to farnham to dual 2 lanes. it also included a 'new route from the m25 to chelmsford' as a dual two lane road following the proposed route of the m12 motorway.