Design team named on Chester City Gateway

The council is seeking permission to use compulsory purchase orders to acquire 56 acres of land to bring forward the North West Crewe package, a £36.5m infrastructure project to open up development sites for 1,350 homes.

Preparatory work has begun on £60m motorway improvements being delivered by a joint venture between Amey and Sir Robert McAlpine in Cheshire.

This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.

Cheshire East has granted planning consent for an 800-space car park on Green Belt land for Manchester Airport, after deferring a decision earlier this year.

Cheshire East will submit its final bid for Government funding for the £51m link road, designed to join the A6 Manchester Relief Road to the A523, although a start date still hinges on the outcome of a High Court challenge.

Cheshire East’s consultation into the future of Crewe station, including options for a road bridge and the potential to bring forward up to 3.8m sq ft of commercial space, will close on 3 September.

The fate of the multi-billion-pound high-speed rail project, and associated large-scale developments around Manchester and Crewe, will be decided by the autumn after the Government confirmed it has commissioned a review into “whether and how HS2 should proceed”.

Network Rail has completed works to a stretch of track between Altrincham and Ashley to boost journey times between Manchester and Chester via Northwich.

A planning application for a major overhaul of Crewe railway station will be submitted next summer as the town prepares for the arrival of HS2.