Transport and Logistics Network
National Highways has announced that a major improvement programme will affect the M61 with concerns that usual motorway traffic will use the A6 and come off the Chequerbent Roundabout[1].
The works will begin on Monday, 6 July, and are scheduled to co…
National Highways confirmed that the clockwise carriageway of the M60 at Junction 15, where it meets the M61, reopened after engineers completed repairs to the road surface following a large spillage caused by the crash.
In an update issued this mornin…
Huge queues remain on a stretch of the M60 today after a five-vehicle crash shut the motorway for hours.
The motorway is closed off on the clockwise carriageway between junction 15 for the Swinton Interchange and junction 16 for Clifton. Clean-up and r…
Peel’s plan would see a 9.16 hectare parcel of land directly south of the M61, next to the Watergate Lane roundabout and Logistics North be turned into ’employment space’ – essentially office space.
Peel submitted the plans on Wednesday April 1 through…
Millions of motorists are embarking on Easter[1] getaway trips across the UK this week despite the escalating cost of fuel at the pumps.Motoring organisation the AA estimated a staggering 21.7 million journeys were planned for Thursday alone. This figu…
Emergency[1] services were called to the incident on the M61 northbound at around 8.30am on Friday, February 20.
Both sides of the motorway were closed between junctions two and four for several hours.
Police[2] confirmed that the collision involved tw…
The incident took place at around 8.40pm on Friday night, January 16, when the police stopped the cyclist on the M60[1] between J14 Worsley Braided Interchange and J17 for Whitefield and Prestwich.
Officers gave the rider, a 30-year-old man, a traffic …
Drivers in England can find out how their local councils are tackling potholes following the introduction of a new traffic rating system from the Department for Transport (DfT).
The system shows 154 local highway authorities rated as red, amber or gree…
The rush-hour crash shut the M61 in both directions just before 6pm, near Farnworth.
Two people were taken to hospital with multiple injuries following a five-vehicle collision on the M61 motorway on Wednesday evening (January 7).
A spokesperson for Gr…
The enforcement campaign, which began on December 1, forms part of the national Operation Limit initiative and will run into the New Year.
All UK police forces are taking part in reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by impaired driving.
Greater …