Road improvements promised as part of huge Logistics North development ‘no longer needed’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA promised scheme to improve a road junction for traffic close to the huge Logistics North development is ‘no longer necessary’, Bolton Council have said.
When planning permission was granted for the industrial park back in 2014 there was requirement put on Harworth Group, who operate the site, to improve two nearby road junctions to cater for more traffic.
The road projects were earmarked at Four Lane Ends and the junction of Plodder Lane and Watergate Lane. The work to Four Lane Ends has been completed but no improvements have been carried at the second location.A modification to the agreement to improve the junction is set to go before Bolton’s planning committee this week.
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