The A6 Manchester Airport Relief Road will provide 10 km of new 2-lane dual carriageway, incorporating 7 new, and 4 improved junctions, 4 railway crossings and a parallel shared cycle/pedestrian path.
The road will provide much needed connectivity for key strategic routes into the North West and to Manchester Airport, including traffic from the A6, A523 and A34. These routes are heavily used for business, leisure, travel and freight.
The road network in this area has been dangerously choked for years as people struggle to get in and out of urban areas on narrow roads, through local towns, where there is often gridlock, and bicycles and pedestrians compete with heavy goods lorries.