Cranes arrive down the Manchester Ship Canal
Activity on the Mersey Gateway Project ramped up this week with the arrival of two large cranes to Wigg Island in Runcorn.
The crane components were transported down the Manchester Ship Canal
Mersey Gateway and Silver Jubilee Bridge tolling – a clarification
Recently we have been receiving questions about Mersey Gateway and Silver Jubilee Bridge tolling particularly why tolls are needed and how the decision to toll both bridges was made.
We have written the below statement for clarification. This statement is an information document and all the content used sits in the public domain.
Both the new Mersey Gateway Bridge and the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge will be tolled once the new bridge opens in 2017.
Toll levels for when the new bridge opens in 2017 have now been set.
North roundabout at M56 Junction 12 set for a weekend closure from 10pm on Saturday 26 July to 5am on Monday 28 July
There will be no access between Runcorn and Junction 12 of the M56 from 10pm on Saturday 26 July and 5am on Monday 28 July due to a closure of the north roundabout at Junction 12.
Mersey Gateway Project’s remediation of Catalyst Trade Park wins top technological award
The Mersey Gateway Project’s clean-up work (also called remediation) of a 5.6 hectare site at Catalyst Trade Park in Widnes in partnership with Celtic Technologies has won the ‘Technological Application Award’ at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) Awards.
The award-winning clean-up work at Catalyst Trade Park
Mersey Gateway team swap shovels for fishing nets to carry out fish rescue
The team working on the Mersey Gateway Project swapped shovels and JCBs for dinghies and fishing nets to rehome 680 fish from one part of the St Helen’s Canal to another.
Fish being rescued from the St Helens Canal as part of the Mersey Gateway Project