A £2.4 million Highways Agency scheme on the M56 in Cheshire is to begin on Monday 10th November.

The project at junction 11 of the motorway near Daresbury is being seen as playing a significant role in the creation of 15,000 jobs and almost 3,000 new homes in the area, served by the Daresbury science and innovation campus by 2020.


The work includes adding an extra lane to the exit slip road from the westbound M56 onto the roundabout at the junction, as well as creating a third lane on the A56 on the northern approach to the roundabout.

Traffic lights will also be installed at the junction, lanes around the roundabout will be widened, and the road will be resurfaced.

As part of the scheme, CCTV cameras will be fitted at the junction so that the Highways Agency can monitor incidents from its regional control centre in Newton-le-Willows and quickly take action to tackle congestion.

The project is due to be completed by the end of March 2015.

(CD/MH)