£15.6 million transport boost for Crewe
30 May 2014 03:15 PM
Cheshire economy to
benefit from major transport funding.
Work on the Crewe Green Link
Road can start following government agreement to fund the
scheme.
The Department for Transport
will fund up to £15.6 million of the £26.4 million scheme which
will provide vital transport links to Basford, an important site for local
employment opportunities. The scheme will also include a new bypass to the
south east of Crewe. This will ease congestion in the town and bring major
environmental benefits by reducing traffic queues with fewer trucks trying to
negotiate town centre streets.
Transport Secretary Patrick
McLoughlin said:
This scheme is great news for
Crewe and will support the economic growth and regeneration of the town,
including the ‘All Change for Crewe’ strategy.
The £15.6 million we are
putting into this project shows that the we are serious about investing in the
infrastructure the country needs to drive economic growth, both locally and
nationally.
The scheme consists of a
1.1 km long dual carriageway road from the existing bypass on the
A500 to the A5020 passing under the Crewe-Stoke Railway.
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government is doing to support and grow theUK
economy.
Today’s (30 May 2014)
announcement grants full approval to the scheme, which is promoted by Cheshire
East Council, and enables work to begin.
The main works are scheduled to
start immediately with completion of the scheme in November
2015.
The department will provide a
maximum of £15.64 million towards the full scheme cost of £26.375
million.