8 December 2014
New road, lane and footpath closures
Essential work on the Mersey Gateway Project means the following road and lane closures will be in place over the coming days and weeks.
Date of closure | Road / footpath | Details |
Ongoing for approx. five months | Ditton Junction to Speke Road on-slip road | A sign-posted diversion will be in place which will take traffic west on Ditton Road to the Hale Road junction and back onto Speke Road. View details.
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4/12/14 - Ongoing | A558 / A553 | Closure of hard shoulder from westbound Daresbury Expressway to Bridgewater Expressway, for main works. |
7/1/15 - 9/1/15 | A562 | Northbound lane 1 closure from Queensway to Speke Road, from 9:30am to 3:30pm for site clearance work. |
7/1/15 - 21/1/15 | A533 | Southbound lane 1 closure on Ditton Flyover, from 9:30am to 3:30pm for site clearance work. |
15/1/15 - 21/1/15 | A557 | Eastbound closure of lane 1 to cover both sides of the Hutchinson Overbridge, over the Queensway, from 9:30m to 3:30pm for site clearance work. |
Work continues between 9.30am and 3.30pm Monday to Friday, and between 7am and 5pm Saturday and Sunday,along the Weston Point Expressway heading towards the M56 Junction 12. The road is down to one lane southbound as it approaches the roundabout / junction. Work is expected to continue until summer 2015.
This is causing severe traffic queues of up to 1.5 hours from the Silver Jubilee Bridge towards the M56 and we would encourage people to either try to find an alternative route or to allow plenty of time to get through the roadworks.
For more information on ongoing work, please visit:www.merseygateway.co.uk/down-your-street/
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The information provided here is an overview of planned work and therefore subject to change.
The team may have to put in place overnight road closures or diversions at short notice due to emergency situations, and these may not be detailed here, but it is our aim to provide information that is as up to date as possible.
The economic, transport and social benefits the project will bring to the region include:
- 470 permanent full-time equivalent jobs on site during construction
- 4,640 permanent direct and indirect jobs
- £61.9 million a year in Gross Value Added from the new jobs by 2030.
When it opens in 2017, both the new bridge and the Silver Jubilee Bridge will be tolled, but they will be free* to all residents.
For further information please contact Chris Sealey or Chris Taylor at DTW on 01287 610 404 / 07786 512 833 / 07949 287 356 or emailchris.sealey@dtw.co.ukorchris@dtw.co.uk.
Editors Notes:
About the project
The Mersey Gateway Project will be one of the largest infrastructure initiatives in the UK over the coming years. Last year Mersey Gateway was identified as one of the UK government's Top 40 priority projects in theNational Infrastructure Planand it has been recognised by KPMG as one of the‘Top 100 infrastructure projects around the globe'.
Its features will include:
- a 1,000m long cable stay bridge consisting of four spans supported from three towers in the estuary;
- a unique design where the 80m high central tower will be shorter than the two outer towers, which will be 110m (north tower) and 125m (south tower);
- a total length (including the bridge and approach viaducts) of 2.13km;
- a deck carrying six lanes of traffic (three in each direction) with a speed limit of 60mph;
- up to 30 supporting piers carrying it across the approach viaducts; and
- a curved approach at each end of the bridge giving varying views of its unique design and maximising its visual impact.
*Residents of Halton will still need to register to use the bridges and there will be a small charge for this.
You can find out more about the project atwww.merseygateway.co.uk.
About the Merseylink consortium
The Merseylink Consortium was appointed by Halton Borough Council as the project company earlier this year on a 30-year contract to design, build, finance and operate the project.
Its equity partners are Macquarie Capital Group Limited, BBGI, and FCC Construcción. The construction joint venture, made up of Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited, Samsung C&T Corporation and FCC Construcción S.A.
Sanef S.A. will deliver and operate the tolling solution for the consortium.