Daytime closures will be in place on Crewe's A530 Middlewich Road for a month early in the new year, allowing work to be completed on a major highways upgrade scheme.

Chair of Cheshire East's highways committee, Cllr Craig Browne, said the North West Crewe Package (NWCP) scheme is due to be completed in May 2024.

He was responding to a question at meeting of fuel council from Leighton councillor Clair Chapman (Labour), who asked for an update and said the roadworks had had quite a big impact on the local area.

Chair of Cheshire East's highways committee, Cllr Craig Browne (Cheshire East Council).

Cllr Browne (Alderley Edge, Independent), said: "Early in the new year, there will be some daytime closures of the A530 Middlewich Road from the entrance of the hospital to the Eardswick Junction and these will apply from Monday 8 January, through to Friday 9 February.

"The daytime closures at the A530 are needed in order to install the permanent road signage, to plant the landscaping, to install the boundary fences and carry out remedial works to bring the junction up to the council's required standards."

The closures will apply from 9:30am to 3:30pm and will not be in place at weekends.

Cllr Browne said the construction site will be closed from 4pm on Friday 22 December 22 until Monday 8 January, with all traffic management relating to the scheme removed over that period.

Leighton Labour councillor, Clair Chapman (Cheshire East Council).

The scheme aims to ease congestion around North West Crewe and improve access to Leighton Hospital, bringing opportunities for local businesses to expand, as well as new and existing housing developments.

It includes the construction of a new 2.6km single carriageway road and seven new roundabouts as well as the realignment of Smithy Lane, Flowers Lane and existing junction improvements on the A530 Middlewich Road and Minshull New Road.

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