{"id":74749,"date":"2016-10-05T15:41:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T15:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4e988952b20a4cf942579da18e9045dd"},"modified":"2016-10-05T15:41:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T15:41:19","slug":"press-release-improving-the-trans-pennine-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=74749","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Improving the Trans-Pennine route"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Highways England\u2019s Trans-Pennine Upgrade Programme aims to improve journey times, tackle congestion and reduce incidents between Manchester and Sheffield. The schemes will also be designed to reconnect communities divided by busy roads.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers, residents and business owners will be able to find out more about the proposals at two public events taking place on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday 8 October, 11am to 7pm, at St Mary\u2019s Hollingworth, Market Street, Hollingworth, Tameside, SK14 8NE<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 13 October, 1pm to 6pm, at Tankersley Welfare Hall, Pilley Lane, Tankersley, Barnsley, S75 3AP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The schemes are part of a \u00a315 billion government investment in motorways and major A roads by 2021 which is being delivered by Highways England. A consultation on more detailed plans is due to take place next year, with construction work expected to start by spring 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Project manager Irene Ofei said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Thousands of drivers make the trip between Manchester and Sheffield every day and we are committed to improving their journeys to help support the region\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>We have developed a number of practical options to many of the current issues on the route, both for drivers and communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We would welcome feedback from residents and from drivers who use the route before we develop proposals for a more detailed consultation next year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Trans-Pennine Upgrade Programme includes the following schemes on the A57, A628 and A61:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mottram Moor link road \u2013 a new dual carriageway from the roundabout at the end of the M67 to a new junction on the A57 at Mottram Moor, bypassing the A57 Hyde Road<\/li>\n<li>A57 link road \u2013 a new link road from the A57 at Mottram Moor to the A57 at Brookfield, bypassing the existing A57 junctions with the A628 Market Street and Woolley Bridge Road<\/li>\n<li>A628 climbing lanes \u2013 overtaking lanes on the uphill A628 near Woodhead Bridge and Salters Brook Bridge<\/li>\n<li>A61 dual carriageway \u2013 adding an extra lane to create a dual carriageway on the A61 between the A616 roundabout and junction 36 of the M1 near Tankersley<\/li>\n<li>safety and technology improvements \u2013 measures focused on addressing accident clusters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information about the Trans-Pennine Upgrade Programme is <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.highways.gov.uk\/roads\/road-projects\/a57a628-trans-pennine-programme\">available on the scheme website.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"general-enquiries\">General enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to improve the key roads between two of the North\u2019s biggest cities will go on display on Saturday 8 October and Thursday 13 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}