Highways England is planning a major, £50 million improvement of the roundabout at junction 19 of the M6 motorway near Knutsford – with the backing of drivers.
The ‘Option A’ idea, to provide a new bridge across the middle of the roundabout where the motorway meets the A556, received the backing of three quarters of drivers, Cheshire East and Tabley councils and other local people responding to last summer’s month-long consultation.
Today it was unveiled as the option Highways England is taking forward in its preferred route announcement for the improvements.
While further work to refine the idea will now take place, construction work could start as soon as March 2019 but by March 2020 at the latest.
The improvements will involve significant construction in the middle of the roundabout over the existing M6 motorway carriageways. This will provide dedicated link roads between the northbound M6 and the new northbound A556 Knutsford to Bowdon dual carriageway as well as the southbound M6 onto the southbound, local, A556 road towards Northwich.
The Money for remodelling the roundabout at one of the region’s busiest road junctions is being provided as part of the Government’s £15 billion Road Investment Strategy (RIS), and will help boost the Northern Powerhouse agenda of improving transport connectivity and reliability to help the economy of the North.
