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£3.4 million roundabout scheme to boost jobs in Merseyside

A £3.4 million project has begun this week to tackle congestion along a section of the busy A5036 near Liverpool.

The four-month Highways Agency project will see Bridge Road roundabout – at the western end of the A5036 at Litherland, north of Bootle – remodelled.

The work will reduce queueing and boost employment opportunities along the route which links the Port of Liverpool with the M57, M58 and the rest of the motorway network.

The project is one of 123 in the Government’s £317 million ‘pinch-point’ initiative – a two year programme of targeted works being delivered alongside larger schemes and routine maintenance and improvements along the strategic road network.

The pinch-point programme, devised with the input of councils and local enterprise partnerships, is designed to help stimulate new development and local economic growth by improving road safety and tackling congestion bottle necks.

In all, 28 projects, worth £66 million, are being delivered across the North West.

Project manager at the Highways Agency, Gagandeep Singh said: “Tackling congestion along this vital commercial route, linking the port and the motorway network at Switch Island, will improve safety and reduce queueing

“This is a significant investment in improving the A5306 and has been devised with the Local Enterprise Partnership, supporting jobs generation and housing across this part of Merseyside.”

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