Construction starts on Penwortham Bypass

Contractor Eric Wright Civil Engineering has been chosen to build a 3.5-mile tramway in Preston, which will bring tram services back to the city for the first time since the 1930s.

Hear from Transport for the North, Lancaster City Council, Mott MacDonald, Capital Real Estate and many more on the latest development projects, opportunities and issues in Lancashire, at this half-day conference on Wednesday 24 January.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has given the go-ahead to an extension of Blackpool’s Tramway, allowing contractor John Sisk & Son to start on site in the New Year.

The developer behind the proposed Fleetwood Quays project has said that the scheme “will be different from anything not just on the Fylde coast, but in the UK”.

Both railway links between Blackpool and Preston are to be closed from 11 November until 28 January while engineering and electrification works are completed.

John Sisk & Son has been picked to build an £18m extension to Blackpool’s tram network, running between Blackpool North station and North Pier.

Lancashire County Council's development control committee has granted consent for the £17.5m scheme, which will link the A59 Liverpool Road to the A582 at Brown Hare Roundabout, reducing congestion in the centre of Penwortham.

Lancashire County Council is in the market for a contractor to refurbish the Greyhound Bridge in Lancaster in a project estimated at £4m.