VIDEO | Airport overhaul reaches one-year landmark

The metro mayors of Manchester and Liverpool city regions have written to the Secretary of State for Transport to demand a freeze on rail fares, following a dramatic collapse in service levels since new timetables were introduced in May.

The £15m Manchester Salford Inner Relief Road improvement scheme is to start on 29 August, with works expected to last for a year at six key junctions.

Track laying for the Metrolink’s Trafford Park Line has started at the Trafford Centre, the final stop on the £350m light rail extension.

Work has begun on a new taxiway at Manchester Airport as part of its £1bn transformation programme.

Overseen by heritage specialist JBH Property Consulting, work has started on the redevelopment of the former Levenshulme South railway station building into a cycle café.

Manchester City Council has unveiled further insight into its plans for Piccadilly station and its surrounds, in an updated Piccadilly Strategic Regeneration Framework document that allows for a hike in development volume along with passenger improvements.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has asked Transport for Greater Manchester and operator KeolisAmey to submit monthly reports on the performance of Metrolink, following criticism of the way incidents and delays have been handled and communicated.

A dramatic overhaul of Piccadilly station as an arrival point for the city could include three new public spaces, a revamped entrance, and undercroft retail units, Manchester City Council has said.