A huge motorway upgrade to transform the network around the notoriously congested Simister Island has been given the go ahead.

The project, affecting the M60 , M62 and M66 routes, would see a ‘northern loop’ built to create a new free flowing traffic section without the need for thousands of vehicles a day to use the current traffic light controlled roundabout.

Simister Island interchange is one of the busiest motorway junctions in the north-west, used by around 90,000 vehicles a day.

To see planning applications; traffic and road diversions and layout changes; and more, visit the Public Notices Portal HERE

National Highways said the junction struggles with much higher volumes of traffic above what it was designed for, and as a result suffers from congestion and poor journey time

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