Phase 1 of the Millennium Way link road, which opened in 2002, allowed it to quickly meet its primary objective - the redevelopment of the lands to the south west of Lurgan town centre. However for it to meet its secondary goal - to take traffic away from the congested town centre, the road really needs to be extended a little further east, to the Gilford Road / Banbridge Road junction which are two of the primary destinations of traffic travelling along the main street. The map below (not to scale) illustrates the proposed extension:

Since the junction of Banbridge Road and Gilford Road is built up, this scheme will involve more vesting of property than phase 1 did. According to this set of oral answers in the Northern Ireland Assembly in October 2007, planning permission has been granted. However, the Minister said:

"Like other measures proposed in ‘Sub-Regional Transport Plan 2015’, implementation of the scheme will be subject to the satisfactory completion of an economic appraisal, successful progression through the statutory procedures and availability of funding through the normal budgetary processes. Therefore, I cannot be more definitive about a commencement date at this time."

We can therefore not expect this scheme to proceed imminently. It is always possible that it will progress sooner than this if a private developer funds it, perhaps as a condition of planning permission for developments in the area.