Vital Crewe road to close for five days this month

Nantwich Road in Crewe is to close for five days later this month as roadworks are undertaken. More than 600 metres of the busy town centre shopping street will be closed from Sunday, January 21, and Thursday, January 25.

The road will be closed between Smallman Road and Mill Street. In a notice announcing the road closure, Cheshire East Council says pedestrian access to all premises in the affected area will be maintained at all times.

Vehicular access will be maintained for emergency vehicles and residents where possible; and cyclists will have to dismount when entering the area. The council adds the closure is necessary to carry out 'Level 3 Scrim works', relating to the wet skidding resistance of the road surface.

READ: Chester still under flood alert 6 days on from Storm Henk^[1] | Rivers across the county were swollen following heavy rain last week, but only the River Dee remains above the Environment Agency's flood alert threshold

READ: Chester Zoo's cutting-edge poo-analysis lab and its crucial role in conservation^[2] | "We almost don’t have to talk to the animals, because their physiology can tell us how they are feeling, how healthy they are, and all of these different things"

A diversion route will be laid out following Nantwich^[3] Road, Nantwich Road Roundabout, Weston Road, Savoy Road Weston Road Roundabout, David Whitby^[4] Way, David Whitby Way Roundabout, Crewe^[5] Green Link Roundabout, Shavington Bypass, Shavington Bypass Roundabout, Roundabout A500 Cheerbrook, Nantwich Bypass, and Crewe Road.

NEWSLETTER: Sign up for CheshireLive email direct to your inbox here^[6]

References

1. ^{^} Chester still under flood alert 6 days on from Storm Henk (www.cheshire-live.co.uk)
2. ^{^} Chester Zoo's cutting-edge poo-analysis lab and its crucial role in conservation (www.cheshire-live.co.uk)
3. ^{^} Nantwich (www.cheshire-live.co.uk)
4. ^{^} Whitby (www.cheshire-live.co.uk)
5. ^{^} Crewe (www.cheshire-live.co.uk)
6. ^{^} Sign up for CheshireLive email direct to your inbox here (www.cheshire-live.co.uk)