£130m Carrington Relief Road moves forward
A 2.7-mile stretch of road, billed as crucial to unlocking large development sites that could deliver 5,000 homes and 3.7m sq ft of employment space, has gone in for planning.
Trafford Council’s Carrington Relief Road could cost £130m to build and is intended to take traffic away from the narrow A6144 Carrington Lane and Manchester Road, alleviating congestion and boosting network capacity.
The original cost estimate for around £30m but it has soared over the years due in part to construction cost inflation. The council has been trying to squeeze developers active in the area for financial contributions towards the road but has had limited success so far, including two bruising appeal defeats.
Amey has designed the road and Balfour Beatty is lined up to build it, starting in 2030. Spawforths is advising on planning.
It will feature six new junctions with traffic lights and three ponds for wildlife habitats and drainage, using a former Carrington petro-chemical site’s road as a basis for almost half its length.
Cllr Liz Patel, Trafford Council’s executive member for economy and regeneration said: “Carrington and Partington are a major focus of future growth and regeneration, and this new road is needed to enable this to happen.
“I am particularly proud that for much of its length we will provide as much space for walking and wheeling as we will for powered vehicles, promoting active travel and alternative ways of getting around.”
View the plans by searching for reference number 118033/FUL/25 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
Couldn’t an earlier start on this scheme be considered! They say costs have soared over the years, yet plan to start building the new road in 2030!
By Old Partonian
So 2.7 miles is about 4300 meters, so that 139 million is about £30,000 for every meter of road. How on earth does it get so expensive
By Anonymous
The A6144M is a single carriageway spur from Jn 8 of the M60 to the top of Carrington Lane from which this new road will go…..it is frequently queuing for half if not all the length. Where is all the extra traffic going to go?!
Pride come before a fall
By Anonymous
So construction price inflation is being attributed to the rise in costs from £30m to £130m. TMBC you are having a laugh. Be honest as to the reasons why there is a cost differential and stop thinking everyone who is interested in this scheme is stupid.
By Anonymous
For me this sums up one of the key issues and main barriers to growth in this country.
How can a 2.7 mile long road, which already exists in part, cost £130 Million to build????
By Anonymous
No problem getting funding for MCR roads
By Eric
Absolute madness ! The land is peat bog, flood land plus green wood land. If this is allows it will go against the government’s policy in reducing climate change .. plus! £130 million pound for a 2.7 mile road, and given Trafford council on the verge of bankruptcy just show this council is so out of touch with the real world, plus don’t care on the residents of the area! 😡
By Anonymous
Get it built! Much need to make Partington & Carrington more accessible.
By YIMBY
At £30,000 per metre of road, I would expect that any sub contractor who is appointed for these works to be held to the highest scrutiny of build costs on a completely open book basis given this is largely public sector money. I wonder is housing developers agree with this costing for roads…..
By Anonymous
I think commenters should do some research via here: https://pa.trafford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=T7O2SOQLGZT00.
Over 50% of the proposed relief road is on brownfield industrial land, which requires remediation… which costs money.
The impact on local wildlife will be minimised by the enhanced landscaping and ecological works proposed.
The road intends to minimise traffic by creating a choice and variety of routes.
As for the start date, seeing this start ahead of 2030 would be great, the reason for the c.4 year lead in to probably due to legal works on the contract and land.
By Review the plans
If it gets approved this year, what happens for the next three years that delays an earlier start?
By Lurch
So a 2.7 lay-by for Carrington or a reopened railway which will allow access to Liverpool,Manchester and Stockport that would be true growth not this please think everybody this only suits Trafford and traders not the people but we all know it will get passed
By Anonymous
Review the Plans – I don’t know the site but your analysis is probably right but it does not explain why the cost as gone from £30m to £130m and it is certainly not down to construction price inflation or the condition of the land changing.
So it begs the questions how was the £30m figure arrived at and what were the variations to the design etc that have led to a £100m increase.
More transparency required from Trafford Council. required
By Anonymous
The GM equivalent of the HS2 bat tunnel – lets over engineer a piece of highway when it does not need to be!
By Anonymous