Explanation T4

8.21

The Proposals Map identifies the broad location of land likely to be required for two important highway schemes.

8.22

The improvement of the M62/M57/A5300 junction (the “Tarbock Interchange”) is scheduled for implementation in the period before 2011, and is likely to involve the creation of new slip roads linking the M62 and the M57. The scheme is being progressed by the Highways Agency, and its implementation will support the delivery of key development opportunities on Merseyside. The scheme will also aim to improve safety and reduce congestion on the strategic road network. The final details of the scheme, and therefore the precise location of land affected, have yet to be determined.

8.23

The new link road in Prescot is required to provide adequate access to the strategic highway network to support the Council’s proposals for the South Prescot Action Area. Planning permission has already been granted for the scheme, which will be carried out in several phases, along the alignment shown on the Proposals Map. These phases will be timed to coincide with critical stages in the redevelopment of the Action Area, to ensure that sufficient highway capacity is generated to provide adequate access at all times for freight and other vehicles likely to visit the Action Area, and to discourage the use of Manchester Road (which runs through a residential area).

8.24

Also a new road from Upton Rocks residential development (in Widnes) to Cronton Road (at a point just within Knowsley’s boundary) has already been granted planning permission.

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