Residents are being invited to submit their views on plans to widen the A500 Etruria in Staffordshire.

Highways England is proposing to expand the route from two to three lanes between Porthill and Wolstanton.

Other features include closing the public footpaths that run alongside the A500 and develop an alternative footpath/cycle way at a safer distance from the main carriageway, as well as safe pedestrian access to cross the road at Porthill junction.

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The scheme will take approximately 18 months to complete, with construction due to start by spring 2020 and opening to traffic autumn 2021.

Highways England project manager, Malcolm Mitson, said: "This scheme will improve journeys for people using the A500 by easing the flow of traffic and reducing congestion, making journey times more reliable. And increasing capacity with a third lane will support the growth of the local economy as well as improve safety."

Two public exhibitions on the scheme will take place at;

• Middleport Medical Centre, Newport Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, from 9am – 3pm on Wednesday, 15 March

• Bradwell Lodge Community Centre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, from 2pm – 8pm on Thursday, 16 March.

(LM)