THE final plans for a 5.5km Kingskerswell bypass were submitted to the government on Friday, and now there is a nail-biting wait until December to know if the bid has been successful.br>Devon County and Torbay Councils have committed £33 million towards the scheme and Teignbridge Council recently came up with a further £500,000 which has reduced the contribution sought from the Department of Transport by 30 per cent to £76.3 million.br>But plans for a bypass – now known as the South Devon Link Road – around the village have been mooted for 60 years so supporters are keeping their fingers crossed that the government will give the thumbs up.br>The county council contends that the dual-carriageway link between Penn Inn, Newton Abbot and Hamelin Way, Torquay, will help create nearly 8,000 jobs in south Devon.br>The county says that 35,000 vehicles attempt to get in and out of Torbay daily with the existing A380 through the village one of the most heavily congested roads in the country outside London.br>Concerns about harmful vehicle emissions led to the village being designated an Air Quality Management Area monitored by environmental health experts.br>Highways officers say that more than 4,000 vehicles a day use the surrounding lanes in the area as dangerous rat runs much to the concern of the police, fire and rescue and ambulance services, who along with the South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust strongly support the proposed new road.br>It is also backed by local MPs, the local enterprise partnership, Stagecoach, Devon and Somerset Law Society and Somerset Chamber of Commerce.br>A county council spokesman said: 'The scheme commands strong and broad support from the public and businesses; the latest consultation exercise showed that 72 per cent of respondents support the South Devon Link Road.br>'The new road would improve bus services, enabling faster, regular services, and allow new safe cycle routes to be constructed including one through Kingskerswell. br>It is the key plank of a wider integrated transport plan that will include improved rail services between Newton Abbot and Torbay and a new station at Edginswell'.br>The county estimates that the link road would take 95 per cent of traffic away from the village.br>Mayor of Torbay Gordon Oliver said the submission was a compelling business case for investment in the communities and economy of south Devon.br>'The new road is the missing link that will end the chaotic congestion strangling local businesses and polluting the environment. It will be the catalyst for improved public transport and help get local people out of the benefit trap and into work,' he said.br>If the bid is successful the main works could start in a year's time, with the link road being open by the end of 2015.