List of roads Knowsley Council plans to make £30m better

Knowsley Council has unveiled ambitious plans to improve the borough’s road network and plans to invest almost £30 million in maintenance and repairs.

Cabinet met at Huyton Municipal Buildings to approve a regeneration and economic development report which outlined the Highways and Transport Capital Program for the next two financial years. The council also confirmed the award of a contract to Tarmac Trading Limited to maintain and improve the borough’s highway network and a separate agreement with Aecom to carry out highway design.

The combined value of the contracts is estimated to be approximately £10 million per annum and will run from 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2032, with the option to extend the contracts for a further three years to 31 January 2035.

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Last year, Knowsley Council approved plans to enter into a grant funding agreement with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to secure a total of £29.19m of funding over five years.

Funding allocations for the Capital Program have been developed under the Combined Authority’s Transport Plan and will go towards a range of projects, including an allocation of £330,000 for the Kirkby Rail Footbridge and £250,000 for Waterpark Drive in the Stockbridge district of Knowsley.

In addition, when the Government decided to cancel the HS2 programme, the Department for Transport announced that Liverpool City Region would receive £2.864m of which £0.622m would be set aside for Knowsley. The council has now confirmed that this additional funding has been included in the proposed capital program for 2024/25 and 2025/26 and will be used to undertake resurfacing works on Baker’s Green Road, Huyton Hey Road and Lordens Road.

The improvements to Knowsley’s transport network will cover all aspects of highways works including road and road maintenance, vehicle barrier maintenance, structures and drainage, local safety schemes, parking management and sustainable travel.

Below is a list of each road included in the improvement plan and what type of work will be carried out:

ROAD SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM

East Lancs Road

Greystone Road

Bowring Park Estate Phase 2

Waterpark Drive

Lordens Road

Hall Lane

Rupert Road/Western Avenue

St Helens Street

Lickers Lane

Manor Farm Road

Bewley Drive

Pedestrian accessibility of Roby train station

Manchester Road

Emerging priorities

The Traffic Regulation Order Program

Advance planning

Minor safety interventions on highways

KEY ROUTE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

Main Bridge Inspections (Miscellaneous)
Coney Green/M62
Post-Tension Special Investigations (Miscellaneous)

BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES

Liverpool Road
Southern Border Road
Knowsley Lane
The Superior Road
Drainage works (various)

DRAINAGE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS

Seth Powell Way
Hall Lane
A580 East Lancashire Road
A561 Speke Avenue
M62

ROAD PREVENTION WORKS

East Lancs Road
Speke Avenue

BODYWORK – REFORMING/RECONSTRUCTION

A561 Speke Avenue
M62
A580 East Lancs Road
Tensioning and Minor Repairs (Miscellaneous)

NON-KEY ROUTE NETWORK CAPITAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

Kirkby Railway Bridge
Mineral Lane

BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES (NOT KEY ROUTE)

Church Road
The Lower Road
Hewitt’s Lane
Cartbridge Lane
Alder Lane
Greensbridge Lane
St Kevin’s Drive Northwood
Netherley Road
Sandiway
Wood Lane
Brick fields
Bailey’s Alley
Woolfall Heath Avenue
Sundale Avenue
Cumber Lane
Wellfield Ave
Maureen Walk
Reactive Drain Investigation and Repair Work (Miscellaneous)
Road drainage works on recovery and preventive treatment programs (various)

DRAINAGE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS

Primrose Drive
Marton Road
Cromford Road
Morcroft Road
Barford Road
Colwall Road
Whitefield Drive
Copthorne Road
Lingtree Road
Cherryfield Drive
Steley Way
Simonswood Lane
Westhead Avenue
Minstead Avenue
Brechin Road
Hargate Road
Wyllin Road
Ormonde Crescent
Mintor Road
Glegside Road
Madryn Avenue
Barn Hey Road
Horseshoe Road
Lifton Road
Burnard Crescent
Barnard Close
We were close
Didsbury Close
Scooter Road
Colwall Road

ROAD PREVENTION WORKS

The hill road
Astley Road
Hazel Road
Lyme Grove
Melverley Road
Hamner Road
Tallarn Road
Penley Crescent
Lordens Road
Huyton Hey Road
Baker’s Greenway

BODYWORK – REFORMING/RECONSTRUCTION

Shevington Street
Pingwood Lane
Headbolt Lane
St Helens Road

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