Road works in and around Stockport

New and ongoing road works in and around Stockport over the coming week that may affect local motorists travelling around the North West:

M60 – junction 8 Sale to junction 20 Rochdale

The ‘smart motorway scheme’ to tackle congestion and improve journey times on the M60 and M62 continues as contractors for Highways England upgrade 56 overhead gantries on the 17-mile smart motorway route between junction 8 of the M60 near Sale and junction 20 of the M62 near Rochdale.

The work, carried out overnight, will allow the new gantries to be fitted with new electronic signs and sees the latest technology being used to monitor traffic levels and keep vehicles moving by using variable speed limits.

The scheme involves overnight slip road and carriageway closures with a 50mph limit in place for the safety of workers and drivers. A significant programme of temporary night closures has been programmed which will take the project to May 2017.

These are detailed on the journey impact tab of the project page and updated weekly, subject to weather conditions.

For more information, visit the scheme website.

The project is due to be completed in autumn 2017.

M56 Weaver Viaduct repairs and resurfacing

Work started on Monday 15 August on a £1.5 million 8-week project to repair and resurface Weaver Viaduct which helps carry the M56 between junction 12 and junction 14. The work involves overnight lane and hard shoulder closures – with a handful of overnight carriageway closures in late September and October.

M6 junctions 16 to 19: Cheshire smart motorway

Work is underway for the smart motorway upgrade – typically with 1 or 2 lanes closed overnight between junctions in both directions and/or mobile lane closures along short sections of carriageway.

For more information, visit the scheme website.

M6 junction 34 Lancaster

Lancashire County Council work off the motorway on the Heysham Link project requires a lane 1 and hard shoulder closure in both directions on the motorway around junction 34.

For more information, visit the scheme website.

M6 junction 39 Shap to 38 Tebay

A combination of resurfacing, bridge joint replacement and fencing renewal on the M6 southbound started on Monday 15 August for about 7 weeks. This will involve a temporary 50mph speed limit for the duration of the works and lane and slip road closures. Most of the work – between 8pm and 6am at night – will be done with lane closures but some slip roads will need to be closed overnight occasionally.

M602 Clarendon Bridge

Work to refurbish this footbridge over the M602 near Eccles will start on Tuesday (30 August) and is expected to take around 12 weeks. The footbridge will be closed – with a signed pedestrian diversion place – throughout the project. There will also be occasional overnight – 9pm to 5am – M602 carriageway closures with signed, short diversions in place.

A556 Knutsford to Bowdon

A £192 million project is being carried out to create a new dual carriageway linking the M56 to the M6 in Cheshire.

The following work will be taking place:

• the exit slip road from the eastbound M56 at junction 7 is closed for work to provide new link roads and a new roundabout at Bowdon
• temporary traffic lights on the A50 to realign the A50 onto the new bridge over new A556
• southbound A556 from Bowdon roundabout will be reduced to one lane 8pm to 6am for utility diversion works for 7 nights from Monday (29 August)

For more information, visit the scheme website.

For details of all road works in and around Stockport, visit the Highways website