Roadworks news October 2020

Cheshire West and Chester Council sent this bulletin at 2020-10-05 04:54 PM BST
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Roads and travel news October 2020
Park and Ride

Chester Park and Ride

Park and Ride into Chester from Chester Zoo, Wrexham Road and Boughton is now half price. Tickets into Chester are £1 per person. 

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Active travel

Active travel lanes

The new active travel lanes on the A5116 between the Dale Camp roundabout and Upton Grange crossroads, and on the A51 in Boughton by The Bars roundabout start from 5 October to make cycling a safer option and increasing the speed of public transport.

 

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Clockwise

Chester goes clockwise

Starting from 16 November for approximately 12 months, there will be a clockwise one-way route for most of the inner ring road in order to allow for essential infrastructure works to install a new city centre drainage tunnel through Chester.

 

 

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Cycling by canal

Chester to Ellesmere Port Canal towpath improvement scheme

Work to upgrade sections of the Shropshire Union Canal towpath between Chester and Ellesmere Port. 

The scheme has been developed in partnership with the Canal & River Trust. The project will see the upgrade of three sections of towpath, 4.7km in total, along the canal between Chester and Ellesmere Port, which are part of National Cycle Routes 45 and 70. The towpaths will benefit from widening, improved surfacing and access points. 

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Ellesmere Port buses

Civic Way, Ellesmere Port

There is a temporary one-way system on Civic Way between Wellington Road and Whitby Road until November. Works are continuing for installation of the new bus transport hub. Following this, work begins in November for the new hub office building on the site of the old bus station.
roadworks

Live roadworks and incidents

For the latest information about roadworks visit the map showing planned and in progress roadworks.

 

 

Live roadworks and incidents map

Planned works

Work on A556 Gadbrook Park Junction

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s £2.99 million A556 Improvement Scheme at the Gadbrook Park junction begins on the 5 October. All works are scheduled for completion in Spring 2021.

Further details about the improvement scheme

A51 Tarvin to Cheshire improvement scheme

The project seeks to deliver a series of major junction and roundabout improvements that will see:

  • additional lanes at the Stamford Bridge traffic lights, the widening of the existing bridge over the River Gowy and capacity improvements at Tarvin roundabout
  • changes to the road layout, widening, lane markings, new controlled crossing-point at Hare Lane/Littleton Lane and better signage
  • new crossing points and improved facilities for pedestrians, cyclists and bus users are also planned

Further information about the A51

A5117 Cycle Improvement Scheme, Ellesmere Port

Work to provide a new shared use pathway along the northern side of the A5117 road corridor between Ellesmere Port and Thornton-Le-Moors, that forms part of National Cycle Route 5 started in September.

Further information about cycle improvements