The council aims to start procurement for the Gore Street connection, a scheme to improve walking and cycling provision around Salford Central rail station and New Bailey, with a contractor set to be announced in August.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has allocated £283m to bus and light rail services across the country, including funding for Manchester's Metrolink until the end of July.
The light rail networks that serve Liverpool and Greater Manchester city regions may have to suspend operations as severely reduced passenger numbers hit revenues, metro mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham said.
The £350m extension to Greater Manchester’s light rail network opened on Sunday, despite concerns over coronavirus, to help key workers make essential journeys.
Stockport Council and Transport for Greater Manchester are set to request between £500m and £1bn from the Government to deliver an extension of the Metrolink line from East Didsbury to the town centre.
This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.
We can look back with pride at some tremendous train and tram schemes over the last decade, writes Laurie Mentiplay of WSP.
Work on the cycleway linking MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Ordsall and Old Trafford is set to start next summer as the council progresses the £20m scheme to the detailed design stage.
A £15m scheme to improve one of Manchester’s busiest routes has now completed in a bid to decrease journey times to and from Salford.
The Hawkins\Brown-designed bridge, linking New Bailey in Salford and Manchester’s St Johns, has secured funding from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
