Wigan chosen as site for £46m train depot
Network Rail has started converting a freight yard in Wigan into a £46m train depot, to maintain 24 electric and eight diesel trains.
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Land assembly starts on £190m Preston road scheme
Land assembly and compulsory purchase orders for a 4.3km dual carriageway to the west of Preston, connecting the A583 Preston to Blackpool Road at Lea with a new Junction 2 on the M55, are due to start after being approved by Lancashire County Council.
Porsche Centre gains consent in Preston
Bowker Motor Group has received permission to build a 43,000 sq ft Porsche showroom in Preston, and is planning to start on site in the spring with the building due to open later this year.
Preston’s £161m Western Distributor road moves forward
Lancashire’s Local Enterprise Partnership is to sign off the business case for the Preston Western Distributor road scheme, linking the A583 with the M55, at a meeting later this month, despite costs on the project increasing by nearly £60m.
Construction starts on Penwortham Bypass
Work has started on the £17.5m Penwortham Bypass, a dual carriageway linking the A59 Liverpool Road to the A582, due to complete in 2020.
Eric Wright picked for £25m Preston tram project
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.
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Government approves £22m Blackpool Tram extension
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.
Chinese angle lined up for major Fleetwood scheme
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”.
Blackpool-Preston railway set to close until January
Both railway links between Blackpool and Preston are to be closed from 11 November until 28 January while engineering and electrification works are completed.
