Road Improvements at Townside

Date published: 29 July 2009

The next few months will see the final stages in the construction of new offices for Bury Council and NHS Bury (including a medical centre) at Townside opposite the Town Hall off Knowsley Street. Future work will include Six Town Housing offices and a Premier Inn hotel development.

Works have now commenced on the highway to improve vehicle and pedestrian facilities around the Angouleme Way/Knowsley Street/Haymarket Street junction.

When the scheme is completed new controlled pedestrian crossings will be provided across Angouleme Way to the east of the junction and across Knowsley Street. In addition, the existing subway will be modified and brought back into use.

Any lane closures will operate at off-peak periods during the day and work should not affect traffic at morning and evening peak periods. It is anticipated that final surfacing works and ducting works across carriageways will be carried out during the evening period (i.e. after 6.30pm) or at weekends.

The above highway works are anticipated to take place from July 29 to early December.

Further information: Andrew Liddle, Bury Council principal engineer, on 0161 253 5790.