Dual Carriageway

The UK Department for Transport is set to provide £15.6m funding to the £26.4m Crewe Green Link Road scheme.

The scheme aims to provide key transport links to Basford, an important site for local employment opportunities.

Work on the project will start once the funding has been approved.

The project includes a new bypass to the south-east of Crewe, in order to reduce traffic congestion in the town, while delivering major environmental benefits, such as reduction in traffic queues with fewer trucks on town centre streets.

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said this scheme is great news for Crewe and will support the economic growth and regeneration of the town, including the ‘All Change for Crewe’ strategy.

"The £15.6m we are putting into this project shows that the we are serious about investing in the infrastructure the country needs to drive economic growth."

"The £15.6m we are putting into this project shows that the we are serious about investing in the infrastructure the country needs to drive economic growth, both locally and nationally," McLoughlin said.

The proposed scheme comprises a 1.1km-long dual carriageway road from the existing bypass on the A500 to the A5020, passing under the Crewe-Stoke Railway.

Primary works on the project are scheduled to begin immediately, with the completion scheduled for November 2015.

Meanwhile, transport minister Baroness Kramer has announced £5m in funding to improve local bus fleets and other vehicles, in order to lower pollution.

Image: The proposed scheme comprises a 1.1km-long dual carriageway road. Photo: courtesy of UK Department for Transport.