a bypass for various villages was proposed in 1986 as part of the government's 1989 roads for prosperity white paper which detailed many road schemes across the country. suffolk county council considered a bypass for the villages of farnham, stratford st andrew, glemham and marlesford for the 2006 local transport plan. the scheme will not be implemented until after 2016. essex county council has put forwards plans for a bypass of chelmsford connecting junction 19 of the a12 to the a131. plans to upgrade additional sections of the a120 into a dual two-lane carriageway were scrapped in 2009.