MOTORISTS have been left frustrated after a key route linking Lymm with the M6 has closed for up to 16 weeks while works take place to install cables for extra electric vehicle charging points at Poplar Services.
MOTORISTS are being reminded National Highways will be carrying out permanent repairs to a bridge joint along the southbound M6 on Thelwall Viaduct this weekend which will mean two overnight closures.
TWO road traffic collisions on the M6 and M62 road networks at Warrington caused lengthy tailbacks of between four and five miles today, Wednesday.
UPDATED: A lorry fire on the M62 near Birchwood, Warrington, caused huge tailbacks during the rush hour period, with normal traffic conditions not expected until around 8.30 pm Monday evening.
EMERGENCY repairs are set to take place along the southbound carriageway of the M6 along Thelwall Viaduct this weekend – from Saturday evening into Sunday afternoon.
FIREFIGHTERS used specialist cutting equipment to help rescue a person trapped in a car following a single-vehicle collision on the M6 near the Lymm interchange earlier today.
FIREFIGHTERS helped evacuate passengers from a coach that caught fire on the M62 at Winwick, Warrington, last night.
FIREFIGHTERS used specialist cutting equipment to remove the roof of a car to rescue a trapped person following a two-vehicle collision which resulted in the M6 near Warrington being closed for around two hours this morning.
TRAFFIC was stopped on the M62 westbound near Birchwood this afternoon, Wednesday, after two vehicles left the carriageway.
FIRE crews attended a three-vehicle collision on the M6 at Woolston following reports of a person trapped in a smoking vehicle.
