Canal plan to ease congestion
SPECIAL measures to minimise the impact on Warrington of increased
shipping on the Manchester Ship Canal are to be investigated by canal
owners Peel.
SPECIAL measures to minimise the impact on Warrington of increased
shipping on the Manchester Ship Canal are to be investigated by canal
owners Peel.
A WOMAN was trapped in a car for almost an hour after a collision
involving two saloon cars in Stockport Road, Grappenhall, Warrington.
A SECTION of one of Warrington’s busiest main roads is to be resurfaced
over a period of six weeks – with inevitable disruption to traffic.

TOWN travelled to high flying Witton Albion and came away on the wrong
end of a heavy defeat, after being forced to play with 10 men for over
70 minutes after the dismissal of Dale Wright, for an elbow on former
Town midfielder Matt Cross.
ALL three lanes of the M6 southbound carriageway near Warrington were closed when a heavy lorry burst into flames.
AT a time of financial cut backs and redundancies in the public sector
Warrington Council has come under fire from Trade Union bosses who are investigating alleged “unscrupulous spending” on credit cards totalling more than
£67,000.
THE M6 motorway northbound carriageway has now fully re-opened following
the crash involving a heavy lorry and a car near Warrington this
morning.
ALMOST 4,000 people have signed a petition calling for measures to
prevent unacceptable traffic disruption in Warrington if shipping is
increased on the Manchester Ship Canal.
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington have put off a decision on a controversial
bid for permission to upgrade an existing track on farm land – despite
being told the work has already been carried out.
ALMOST 40 per cent of objections to Warrington’s planning blueprint for
the future relate to one issue – the proposal to identify Peel Hall as a
strategic location for development.