WARRINGTON Borough Council is advising motorist to continue to check travel information and allow extra time for their journeys as emergency motorway repairs continue to threaten traffic chaos into next week.
SPECIAL measures are being put in place by Warrington Borough Council in a bid to help ease the traffic congestions which has been causing chaos in the borough this week.
MOTORISTS in Warrington are once again facing gridlock traffic this morning due to the weather conditions and a number of incidents on the motorway networks.
GRIDLOCK in Warrington this morning was caused following a fuel spillage on the M6 near Woolston.
DRIVERS travelling to and from Warrington using the M56 are being reminded the eastbound exit slip road at junction 12 for Runcorn and Widnes will be closed around the clock for up to five weeks from Monday (12 October) as the Mersey Gateway bridge project enters an important new phase.
FIRE crews at Warrington were called out last night to deal with a blaze involving a lorry laden with tarmac.
A £900,000 project to upgrade two motorway bridges which link the M62 to the M6 near Warrington is due to start tomorrow (Thursday).
FIREFIGHTERS from Warrington were called out early today to deal with a car fire.
PLANS for 1,100 new homes on the Omega South development at Great Sankey, Warrington, as part of mixed residential/retail offering, including a pub, hotel and care home have been submitted for outline planning consent.
UPDATED: THE A49 Winwick Road, Warrington was closed in both directions following an incident in which a man was seen to fall from a bridge.
