Flying From Manchester? You NEED To Read This!
So it’s peak time and lots of you are travelling to various airports around the country to start your holiday.
However, if you’re travelling to Manchester Airport, you’ll need to know that tonight, one of the regions busiest roads is closing as the Highways Agency wants to demolish a bridge as part of it’s area improvements. The M56 motorway will be completely closed in both directions between junction 5 at Manchester Airport and Junction 6 at Hale. It’ll close from 10pm tonight (Friday 1st August) until 5am on Monday 4th August.
The following advice has been offered to drivers and holiday makers:
* Drivers needing to access the airport from the M60 and Manchester will still be able to use the airport spur from the westbound M56 at junction 5.
* People heading towards the airport along the eastbound M56 from North Wales and Liverpool will need to leave at junction 6 for Hale and follow the short diversion using Runger Lane.
* People travelling to the airport are being urged to leave extra time for journeys and check traffic conditions before setting out. Drivers not needing to access the airport are strongly advised to avoid this section of the M56 over the weekend
* People usually using the M56 to travel beyond Manchester Airport in either direction will be directed instead to use the M6, M62 and M60 instead via Lymm (M56), Croft (M62) and Eccles (M60) interchanges. Local diversions will also be in place.
* Full details of the diversions, including maps have been posted online today at http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/m56-thorley-lane-scheme/ Will this affect your holiday travel plans? Do you think the timing is all wrong with it being the busiest holiday time of the year? Let me know your thoughts.
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There are some interesting poitns in time in this article but I don’t know if I see all of them center to heart. There is some validity but I will take hold opinion until I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want more! Added to FeedBurner as well