The Reaseheath bypass “road to nowhere” looks finally set to open in summer 2025, the council has confirmed today.
The A51 bypass road was originally due to open back in February 2022 but has been dogged with delays and disputes ever since.
Nantwich councillors are still not clear what they can spend £750,000 of Section 106 money on in the town – two and half years after receiving the funds.
The money comes from the planning conditions imposed on developers building the Kingsbourne housing development.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A new primary school which was due to open in Nantwich in 2024 has been delayed for a year because of legal, planning and cost-related issues.
Planning permission was granted in June for the new 210-pupil Kingsbourne Academy on the Kingsley Fields development.
A Nantwich man is preparing to swim from Finland to Sweden to raise money for charity!
Sam Owens and his two friends Ben and Anthony are taking on the daring challenge in the Arctic circle waters at midnight in July.
House builders Redrow say they are likely to pay the final £1 million in community contributions next year as the final phase of the Kingsbourne development in Nantwich is underway.
As part of the planning conditions, the money has to be paid before the final phase of building work is complete.
It looked like being the road to no where.
It was supposed to open 12 months ago but progress on the new A51 “spine road” around Reaseheath in Nantwich appeared to be at a standstill.
The North West Academies Trust has been appointed as the sponsor for the new 210-pupil primary school in Nantwich.
The one form entry primary school, due to open in autumn 2024 subject to planning approval, will be on the Kingsbourne development where there will eventually be 1,100 new homes.
A police chief said he understands Nantwich residents’ concerns around the spate of night-time thefts from vehicles.
Witnesses have told of incidents on Kingsbourne Estate as well as on Kingsley village, the Highfields area, Stapeley estate and around the Blears Avenue area.
Furious residents on a Nantwich estate are demanding action from police against a man who has targeted and stolen from vehicles for more than two years.
The “lurker” has been caught on various Ring and property cameras trying to access unlocked vehicles on the Kingsbourne development in Nantwich.
The new A51 Reaseheath bypass should be open by end of October, residents have been told.
An update on the road was given at a parish council meeting last week as it emerged how many homes have now been occupied on the Kingsbourne housing development.
Nantwich businesses are losing trade because visitors to the town can’t find a parking space, a councillor said.
Cllr Peter Groves (Con) said Cheshire East Council had done nothing to address the loss of the 80-plus spaces on the unofficial St Anne’s car park, off Welsh Row, when the site was devel
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Twenty-six responses were received during a five-week consultation on plans for a new primary school in Nantwich – and 24 were in favour.
The £3.5m free school is earmarked for land close to Nantwich Town’s Weaver Stadium.
By Jonathan White
Work continues on the new spine road and Reaseheath bypass, with construction underway to clear the River Weaver floodplain.
Contractors McPhillips have also excavated a channel between the raised Kingsbourne spine road and Reaseheath bypass and the river next to Reaseheath roundabout.
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