
First trains run on re-opened Halton Curve
There will now be hourly rail services linking North Wales and Cheshire to Liverpool, due to the £14m reopening of the Halton Curve track.
There will now be hourly rail services linking North Wales and Cheshire to Liverpool, due to the £14m reopening of the Halton Curve track.
The West Coast main line will close for 16 days this summer as Network Rail carries out upgrades to the Acton Grange junction in Warrington, a key section of track on the route between Crewe and Preston.
The 1.7-mile road, designed to unlock major employment sites to the south of the town centre, could get under way in 2020 with Cheshire East Council to sign off the latest stage of the project next week.
The council is set to give planning permission to the North West Crewe roads package, designed to unlock land to support the construction of 1,350 homes to the north of the town.
Contractor Graham has started work on the Congleton Link Road, the £90m project Cheshire East Council believes can help create 3,000 jobs, 2,400 homes and close to 50 acres of employment land.
Cheshire East Council is to move its action plan for the area around Crewe station to the next stage of consultation, which will see plans revealed to the public in February and March.
Contractor Balfour Beatty is being lined up to deliver both the Middlewich Bypass and the dualling of the A500 as Cheshire East prepares to push ahead with construction on both projects, worth nearly £113m combined.
Project promoter HS2 Ltd has begun the process of contractor engagement for phase 2a of the high-speed rail programme, covering the stretch between the West Midlands and Crewe.
Cheshire East Council is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver its £25m Poyton relief road, a new route linking the A6 Airport Relief Road to the A523 by Adlington Travelodge.
Wilmslow-based Focus Transport Planning opened for business this month, under the leadership of directors Andrew Bell, Mike Hughes and Kayley Goulbourne.