There have been 79 people killed on smart motorways since 2010By Dan Grennan[1] Published: 07:33, 22 April 2024 | Updated: 17:08, 22 April 2024
The technology behind England’s smart motorways[2] network stopped working o…
Residents in Winwick have frequently raised concerns over cars parking in the area on car boot sale days, with the situation having been described as ‘chaos’.
The issue has also featured regularly in the Warrington Guardian’s letters[1] page.
One reade…
Queues are building on a stretch of the M62 this morning after a ‘vehicle fire’.
According to traffic alert service Inrix, one lane has been closed on the eastbound side of the motorway. It is shut between junction 22 for Rishworth Moor and junction 23…
J14 Hapsford and J12 Runcorn saw major delays after the fire broke out, with think smoke covering much of the motorway.
Work has also begun to repair the damage to the carriageway following the fire.
There are still heavy delays on this part of the mot…
Motorists are being warned of delays on the M62 this morning due to a ‘police incident’. And during the height of the ongoing situation all traffic had been held on the eastbound carriageway between Junctions 11 and Junction 12.
Now two lanes remains c…
Part of the M6 motorway is closed this morning due to a ‘serious incident’.
The closure has been put in place on the northbound carriageway between junction 21 near Warrington and junction 21A for the M62 Croft Interchange. The road has been closed sin…
An application proposing the ‘The Bolt of Lightning’ public art sculpture on Mountpark roundabout will come before the development management committee at its meeting next Wednesday.
It relates to the first roundabout on Skyline Drive and an area of hi…
A crash is causing big delays on the M62[1] this morning.
Two lanes of the busy motorway are currently shut between Castleford[2] and Pontefract following a crash heading east on the M62.
It happened shortly before 5.45am and is affecting traffic[3] he…
The closure was between junctions 24 and 23, with motorists warned to expect lengthy delays.
West Yorkshire[1] Police said: “Due to a serious incident on the network the M62 is closed in both directions J24 – J23. This closure will be in place for som…
Drivers are trapped in huge delays as a crash shuts three lanes of the M62[1] at rush hour.
West Yorkshire Police have shut down the busy part of the motorway following the serious crash heading eastbound, just before Junction 27 for the M621 at Gilder…
Jack Case was described by a Crown Court judge as “bright enough to know what he was getting into”.
The 24-year-old, of St Helens Road, Rainford, was travelling in a car with three other passengers along the M62 in Warrington when the vehicle was stopp…
At around 5am, National Highways North West reported traffic on the M60 anticlockwise at J25 Bredbury, was stopped temporarily after horses were heading to the motorway.
A spokesman for National Highways North West said: “Police and National Highways h…
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It’s England’s highest motorway and one of its busiest. But the construction of the M62[1] is also a tale in itself.
Generations have now grown up with the motorway fully completed, but plenty will still remember life before it, in the 1950s and earlie…