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The Lancashire construction group’s civil engineering division has finished improvement works for the city council to remove the notorious pinch-point on the A57 Hyde Road in Gorton.

A draft 20-year plan to guide transport and connectivity improvements to and around the city centre and encourage 90% of trips be made by foot, bike or public transport, is tipped for approval today.

Transport for the North has urged Whitehall to back the “future-defining” project, which includes plans for a new line between Manchester and Liverpool. 

The opening of a sister business to the popular Piccadilly Tap bar have advanced at Manchester's Victoria station, with operator Bloomsbury Leisure lodging a change of use application.  

The local authority has opened the second stage of consultation for a new walking and cycling route through neighbourhoods north and east of the city centre.

Local authorities have redoubled efforts to convince Chancellor Rishi Sunak to support projects such as a new Deeside Parkway station and the modernisation of Chester’s station in the Budget Statement on 3 March.

A project that will see Thomas Street and part of Ducie Street in the Northern Quarter permanently closed to traffic has been awarded £2.3m by the city council. 

A long-awaited public consultation has opened to help shape future design proposals for the much-criticised public square and surrounding areas.

The council has appointed Manchester-based civil engineers Rosgal and J Hopkins Contractors alongside Liverpool-based Dowhigh to a £6m framework to maintain and construct roads.