Construction firm GRAHAM is making significant progress on the £53 million Poynton Relief Road.
With less than a year to go until the planned opening, Cheshire East Council deputy leader Councillor Craig Browne and Macclesfield MP David Rutley visited the site to see at first hand how the scheme is taking shape.
The 3km Poynton Relief Road will relieve Poynton and neighbouring areas of high traffic volumes and congestion, while improving air quality for residents and opening up employment land.
The GRAHAM civil engineering division's project team for Poynton Relief Road has made "excellent progress" this year especially with the earthwork operations during the dry summer months and more recently on the project’s major structures.
Piling operations to form the wingwalls and foundations of the Adlington bridge were completed in early November and the second phase of piling works has recently started to form the south side wingwalls and supports for the new Chester Road bridge.
The Adlington works involved one of the largest piling rigs in Britain, which enabled auger (corkscrew-style) drilling to a depth of 31m. The cavity was then pumped with concrete to create the foundations. Reinforced concrete works are now under way.
Other recent success include the completion of all service diversion on Chester Road.
Nick Hodder, Project Manager at GRAHAM, said: "We're really pleased with the progress that has been made on site in 2021, where activity has been gradually stepped up following the Covid-19 pandemic. With phase-two piling works now underway, our team continues to work closely with Cheshire East Council and our stakeholders to move the project towards an eagerly-awaited completion next year."
Construction News
02/12/2021
Significant Progress Made On £53m Poynton Relief Road


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