Category: Travel Alerts
TfGM ditch Atos over Metrolink ‘Get me there’ smart ticket delays
IT giant Atos has lost the contract for the ‘Get me there’ ticketing system after severe delays. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) appointed Atos in...
£900,000 resurfacing for key M62 commuter route at Birchwood
Smoother journeys for commuters and other users of the M62 around Warrington in Cheshire are on the way. Highways England is spending £900,000 to completely resurface...
Two months of Chapel Street contraflow roadworks to start on Sunday 26 July
Traffic contraflows will be put in place on Chapel Street in the Manchester-bound direction for four weeks from Sunday 26 July. Work was due to start on Sunday 19 July...
Cutting journey times between Manchester and Leeds: £1.3m for Trans-Pennine road and rail tunnel plans
A million-pound study is underway to see whether one of the longest tunnels in Europe could be built to cut travelling times between Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds. The...
Serious five vehicle pile-up sees A580 slip road closed at J14 M60 in Salford
North West Motorway Police have closed a busy motorway link road near Junction 14 of the clockwise M60 after a serious accident. Five vehicles, including a blue Peugeot,...
Lorry bursts into flames on M602 in Salford
A lorry caught fire on the M602 motorway just before the Langworthy Road South bridge heading towards Manchester. The tipper truck pulled over onto the hard shoulder...
M60 J13-10 to close this weekend
Highways England will shut the M60 motorway overnight on Friday and Saturday to continue demolition of 100-tonne steel gantries for its £202m smart motorway project. On...
Delays piling up after crash on Redclyffe Road near Trafford Centre
Drivers are being diverted around the Trafford Centre this afternoon after a two-car crash forced a road closure. At around 3.30pm today, Thursday 2 July, police closed...
Smart motorway expands: £1.5bn investment in North West roads by 2020
Highways England has announced that it plans to invest £1.5 billion in the North West’s roads over the next five years, including creating nearly 80 miles of smart...
Woman trapped in car in serious Little Hulton smash
A driver was trapped in her car after crashing into a set of railings near St Ann’s Hospice in Little Hulton, Salford. Police, ambulances and fire crews were...
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