The final works to get the new A51 Reaseheath Bypass in Nantwich open look set to take place in July.
Cheshire East Council highways have announced that the developer-led works are scheduled to start from Monday July 6th.
Dear Editor
I am writing to express my concerns ahead of the imminent opening of the long-delayed A51 Reaseheath bypass road.
After years of postponements, the road is now expected to open in June 2026 — more than four years later than originally planned, with the scheme initially due for completion in February 2022.
Roadworks at a busy Nantwich junction are set to take place over four nights, Cheshire East highways have confirmed.
The resurfacing works will take place at the junction of the A51 London Road, Peter De Stapleigh Way and Elwood Way in Stapeley.
Drivers were taken to hospital after a two-vehicle collision on a busy road in Nantwich.
The accident happened at around 12.40pm yesterday (April 29th) on the A51 London Road in Stapeley.
It has been a Nantwich road project dogged with delays and problems.
Now it seems the latest setback to the new A51 Reaseheath bypass is the wrong size road sign!
Dear Editor,
I am writing as a deeply concerned member of the public regarding the continued and extraordinary delay to the A51 Reaseheath spine road — the new north–south bypass intended to serve the Kingsbourne development in Nantwich and connect the A51, B5074, Nantwich Bypass and Barony Road near Reaseheath College.
Highways bosses at Cheshire East Council have laid the blame for the A51 Reaseheath bypass delay firmly at the developers’ door.
In a statement finally issued today – a week after Nantwich News contacted the council – they said delays were down to a lack of “highways agreements” to allow the road to be adopted.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Connor Naismith says he has “demanded” an explanation for why the A51 Reaseheath bypass opening has been delayed yet again.
We revealed earlier this week how the long-awaited route may now not be open until at least June 2026.
The new Reaseheath bypass has again been delayed and will not be open until at least June 2026, it emerged today.
And those behind the construction, a consortium of Kingsbourne housing developers, laid the blame for the delay at the door of Cheshire East Council highways.
The major A51 route at Reaseheath in Nantwich was finally re-opened this morning (November 17th) after a 48-hour closure caused by flooding from Storm Claudia.
The closure has caused traffic problems in and around the town all weekend.
A major A road is being closed between Stapeley and Bridgemere for five days next week to allow for improvement works, says Cheshire East highways.
The A51 London Road between Stapeley and Wybunbury/Bridgemere will be closed between October 6 and 10, from 7.30am to 5pm.
Hundreds of motorists were caught up in long tailbacks on the A51 near Nantwich today after highways closed it to empty gullies.
Drivers reported tailbacks of mor than three miles back past Barbridge with the closure in place on the A51 between Reaseheath roundabout and Bluestone Lights.
Plans for a new crossing on the busy A51 Nantwich Bypass could see home-to-school transport axed for Willaston children.
The new crossing is set to be installed on the busy Peacock Roundabout where the A51 bypass meets the A534 Crewe Road.
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