Merseylink Time Bank scheme saves local community thousands of pounds
An innovative scheme set up by Merseylink is saving the Halton community thousands of pounds.
The construction consortium, which is building the Mersey Gateway Bridge and associated 9.2km road network, launched the Merseylink Time Bank scheme in May 2014.
Since then, the Merseylink Time Bank has saved the local community an estimated £25,000. Read more →
Walk on the wild side with Merseylink
Nature lovers in Halton are being offered the chance to take part in a special wildlife walk with the Mersey Gateway Project.
The ‘Meadow Meander’ walk will take place on Sunday 14 June 2015 from the Wigg Island visitor centre in Runcorn. The walk starts at 10am-12noon and is repeated at 2pm-4pm.
Thirty places are available on each Meadow Meander walk.
Tickets are priced at £2 for adults and are free for children under 16 years of age. All profit from the ticket sales will be donated to local environmental charities.
Please follow this link to book your ticket.
Mersey Gateway roadworks update
Essential work on the Mersey Gateway Project means the following road and lane closures will be in place over the coming days and weeks.
Mersey Gateway unique financial deal wins international acclaim as ‘Best Roads Project’
The deal to finance the £1.86bn Mersey Gateway Project that saw Halton Borough Council appoint the Merseylink consortium as the project company has now picked up its third award, this time at the Partnerships Awards 2015 for ‘Best Road Project’.
In a strong category of esteemed infrastructure projects across Europe, the Project took home the prize being deemed by the Partnerships Awards judging panel as “One of the most impressive, high profile and complex projects to have closed in the UK in recent years.”
Halton’s first bridge over the Mersey for 54 years completed as part of Mersey Gateway Project
Halton’s first bridge over the River Mersey for over 50 years was completed today as part of the construction of the new Mersey Gateway crossing.
Merseylink construction workers Thomas Duncalf (L) and Asa Humphrey (R) at work on the newly completed trestle bridge
The Merseylink construction consortium, which is delivering the new Mersey Gateway Project for Halton Borough Council, has completed the trestle bridge – a temporary bridge that will act as an access platform for construction teams to work from when building the new structure. Read more →