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Road works information for Highways Agency roads across the North West: 7 days beginning Monday 5 to September 2011

Greater Manchester, Cheshire, South Lancashire and Merseyside

ONGOING SCHEMES

Lymm Interchange (Cheshire)
There will be a number of sliproad closures around the Lymm Interchange between junctions 19 and 21 of the M6 and Junctions 8 and 10 of the M56 while work to improve the interchange continues.

The work, which continues until September 30, will all take place overnight between 10pm and 5pm and will be lifted for the Bank Holiday weekend between 5am on Thursday August 25 and 10pm on Tuesday August 30.

Key sliproad closures include:

  • M6 northbound exit slip at Junction 20a onto the westbound M56
  • M6 northbound entry and exit slips at Knutsford Services just south of Junction 19
  • Entry slip onto the M6 northbound at Junction 20 from the A50 and the Junction 20 southbound exit slip road
  • The exit slips on both southbound and northbound M6 at Junction 21
  • The southbound link from the M6 at to the M56 eastbound and westbound carriageway at Lymm Interchange
  • The eastbound M56 link at Lymm Interchange onto the northbound and southbound M6
  • The M56 westbound exit slip onto the A50 and M6 northbound
  • The M56 westbound exit slip at Junction 10.

M60 Junctions 19-23 (Middleton to Ashton-under-Lyne)
There will be various lane closures on the clockwise and anti-clockwise carriageways of the M60 between junction 23 (Ashton-under-Lyne) and junction 19 (Middleton) while work to repair the road surface continues. A 40 mph speed limit will be in place for the duration of the works, with average speed cameras in operation. Clearly signed diversions are always in place.

M53 (Bidston Moss)
Junction 1 Wallasey (bridge repairs) – various lane closures in both directions at Bidston Moss Viaduct for bridge repairs. Work continues until the end of March 2012.

During the current phase of works, which will start on 12 August and is expected to last seven weeks, there will be a full closure of the Southbound exit slip from the A5139 Docks Link Road to the M53 junction 1 roundabout and overnight closures of the Docks Links Road from the Poulton Bridge Road roundabout to the A5139 Southbound exit slip.

A diversion will take drivers via Gorsey Lane, Dock Road, A5088 Wallasey Bridge Road, the A553 Hoylake Road and the A554 to the M53 junction 1.

A55, J36a (Saighton Army Camp – near Huntington in Cheshire)
Improvement works to the roundabout ahead of a new housing development mean that various lanes will be closed during off peak periods until the end of October. Once completed, the works will provide an additional lane on the exit sliproad.

Cumbria and North Lancashire

ONGOING SCHEMES

A66 Kemplay Bank roundabout – South of Penrith town centre
Improvement works as part of a new Sainsbury’s development mean that a 40mph speed limit will be imposed from Tuesday 31 May for the duration of the scheme, which is scheduled to finish at the end of November. Two lanes will be maintained on the A66 during the daytime but the roundabout will be reduced to one lane overnight between 8pm and 6am. Three adjacent lay-bys on the A66 will also be closed.

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Lee Sibbald, September 5, 2011
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