A project to dual the A500 between the M6 and Meremoor Moss roundabout has moved closer with £53 million of Government funding secured.
The £68.7 million scheme has now secured programme entry subject to final approval, says Cheshire East Council.
Police are investigating a crime spree in Willaston which saw cars vandalised, vehicles pelted with bricks and property damaged.
The incidents, believed to have been caused by youths, happened between 11pm (July 9) and 4am yesterday (July 10).
The times of the overnight closure of A500 in South Cheshire between A531/B5472 Meremoor Moss roundabout and M6 Junction 16 have been updated.
Overnight road closures are now in place from 7.30pm – 5:30am, seven days-a-week, until Saturday November 30.
Drivers are being warned that the key A500 route between M6 and South Cheshire will be closed overnight for almost two months from October 21.
The closure, to allow initial work on the £55 million dualling project, will be in place between A531/B5472 Meremoor Moss roundabout and M6 Junction 16.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Council chiefs have been given the all-clear to take all action necessary to buy the land needed for two major roadbuilding projects, including the A500 dualling.
Cheshire East Council’s cabinet agreed that compulsory purchase powers could be used for the A500 dualling scheme near Crewe as well as the Middlewich eastern bypass.
Police want witnesses to come forward after a driver fled the scene following a collision in Nantwich.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Costs for the project to upgrade the A500 between Crewe and the M6 to a dual carriageway have soared by £10 million.
But Cheshire East Council believes it will not have to pay the difference.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Dualling of the A500 road between Crewe and the M6 motorway has moved a step closer to reality.
Cheshire East Council’s cabinet, at a meeting on Tuesday, gave its endorsement for work to progress on the scheme between junction 16 and the Meremoss roundabout.
The RSPCA has launched an appeal to find those responsible for dumping a dead foal like rubbish at the side of the busy A500.
A member of the public alerted the RSPCA to the dead filly found on land off the A500 Alsager Road in Audley, between Nantwich and Stoke-on-Trent.
A 58-year-old woman died following a collision with a tractor on the A500 near Crewe.
Police say the accident happened at around 10pm last night (Thursday January 3) in the Barthomley area.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
A major project to dual the A500 single carriageway between Crewe will start in 2020 after it was given planning approval.
The £55 million project has been unanimously approved by Cheshire East Council’s strategic planning board at a meeting yesterday (December 19).
By Stephen Topping
Plans to build 15 new homes in the green gap near Shavington have been rejected by Cheshire East Council.
Members of the southern planning committee unanimously rejected the scheme, which included four, three-bedroom affordable dwellings, at a meeting yesterday (August 8).
A man has been jailed after his light goods vehicle crashed head on with a van on the A500, killing the Willaston driver.
Adam Daniel Staley, 35, was driving towards Crewe on the A500 at Barthomley when he crashed into a van driven by Neil Dey (pictured), 31, who was heading towards Stoke.
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