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Government funding supports Manchester Airport relief road scheme

The government has confirmed £165m of funding to help pay for new road to improve access to Manchester Airport and the Airport City Enterprise Zone.

Overall, the new scheme – for the M56 Manchester Airport spur and the A6 at Hazel Grove - will cost £230m.

The scheme consists of 6.2 miles of new dual carriageway on an east-west route from the A6 near Hazel Grove, south east of Stockport to Manchester Airport and the link road to the M56 incorporating 2.5 miles of the existing A555.

Progress on the scheme will be subject to the successful completion of all the remaining statutory procedures which may include a public inquiry.

The funding has been secured through a combination of £165m of specific Department for Transport capital grant, £105m of additional capital grant funding from the Government through the recently approved Greater Manchester Earn Back model, and £20m of Local Transport Plan funding.

Work is due to start in January 2015, with completion expected mid-2017.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Simon Malia .