The new £7million road linking the A500 at Shavington with Gresty Road in Crewe is to be unveiled on Monday (July 27).
The 0.7-mile Basford West Spine Road will be named Jack Mills Way, after the late train driver from Crewe who was attacked during the notorious Great Train Robbery in 1963.
Hundreds of drivers have been caught up in roadworks hell around Nantwich this week, with a staggering 15 different sets of works taking place.
Residents today demanded action on why so many works have been planned at the same time.
Councillors in Shavington fear the closure of a main road in the village for 10 weeks will cause chaos in surrounding streets.
Work on the new spine road between the A500 roundabout and Gresty Bridge will mean the closure of the road in May.
Motorists are being warned of congestion around Nantwich after a burst water main flooded the busy Sainsbury’s roundabout junction.
United Utilities are on site trying to fix the burst, which has caused thousands of gallons to pour across the carriageways.
Residents and councillors in Shavington have won their fight to stop a 880-house development at Gresty Oaks.
Developers Himor Group had appealed to the Secretary of State after Cheshire East Council originally threw out the plan for the massive development bordering the A500, Gresty Road and Rope Lane.
Resurfacing work on the A500 near Nantwich has produced an unexpected spin off for a local scout camp.
More than 300 tonnes of planings – the top surface removed from the worn-out road – were recycled to improve the South West Cheshire District Scouts camp site at Milldale, Blakenhall.
This is the devastation caused by a lorry fire which closed the A500 for most of yesterday (July 24).
These pictures show the after-math of the HGV blaze on the westbound side of the A500 between the A5020 and the Shavington turn-off.
Police have closed the A500 between the M6 and Nantwich as fire crews tackle a lorry blaze.
A large amount of hay being transported by the lorry is on fire, and large plumes of smoke are covering the Shavington bypass carriageways.
Drivers are facing traffic delays after an accident closed a busy South Cheshire route.
It happened on the A5020 near Weston, Crewe, at around 9am today (July 10).
Nantwich and Crewe drivers are being warned that work on the A500 and junction 16 of the M6 will start on Monday 23 June. Two schemes costing a total of £8 million will be delivered by the Highways Agency, one on behalf of Cheshire East Council.
Ministers have earmarked £15 million for a key link road to help boost growth for Crewe and Nantwich. Department for Transport today confirmed £15.64m funding for the 1.1km Crewe Green Link Road South dual carriageway project.
Roads around Nantwich were gridlocked for much of yesterday as the town’s Jazz Festival swung into its third day. A crash on the M6 motorway in the morning led to a closure between junctions 17 and 18 and thousands of vehicles using surrounding routes.
Nantwich drivers are being warned about major works about to start on the A500 on the approach to the M6. Work is starting on multi-million pound road improvements scheme designed to improve traffic between Crewe and Nantwich and the motorway.
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