Support for new bridge (From Warrington Guardian)

Support for new bridge

AN engineering trade magazine has again supported the campaign for the new Mersey crossing.

The New Civil Engineer is campaigning for the bridge to get the green light as soon as possible.

With a story headlined 'Liverpool must be unblocked' the magazine explained how Halton Council's director of transport had to ring his Warrington counterpart to warn him traffic would soon be backing up after an accident on the Jubilee Bridge.

The story continued: "He need not have bothered.

"Warrington town centre was already jam packed with motorists trying to find a way around one of the north west's worst bottlenecks.

"Gridlock spreads far and wide whenever there is a major snarl up on the already overloaded Silver Jubilee Bridge and efforts to get a second crossing built between Runcorn and Widnes are gathering pace as a result.

"Spearheading the project is Halton Borough Council, whose boundaries straddle the Mersey and take in Runcorn and Widnes.

"Halton owns the Silver Jubilee Bridge - the only major crossing of the river on the 32km between the Mersey Tunnels in Liverpool and the M6 Thelwall viaduct."