'Relief all round' as controversial Kearsley motorway extension plans scrapped
long-awaited Simister Island "missing link".A spokesman for Highways England said: "We are looking at how we can relieve pressure on the north-west stretch of the M60 to provide better journeys for drivers."Following publication of the government’s second Road Investment Strategy, we are no longer considering a proposed bypass from junctions 12 to 18 of the motorway and are instead developing options for smaller schemes to improve the flow of traffic.”Coun Paul Heslop, who represents the Kearsley ward said the news had been met with "relief" by worried homeowners."It's relief all round," he said.