Roadworks costing more than £800,000 are set to begin at a ‘busy’ Salford junction in March.
Salford City Council is drawing up plans to create better crossing points and upgrade the traffic lights on the five-arm Weaste Lane-Liverpool Street junction, where there have been two reported accidents since 2018, one ‘serious’ and both involving cyclists.
Local residents have complained about how hard it is to cross the road, the council said, with the lack of any cycle facilities and safe crossings putting people off from using it.
Work is set to begin in March 2025 and be finished by the end of spring.
A council report stated: ‘The present layout provides a significant pedestrian and cyclist barrier with vulnerable road users discouraged from using this junction due to its lack of safe crossing facilities.
‘The junction has been subject to a number of complaints from the local community relating to difficulties when crossing the junction.’
A decision to move forward with the works was agreed at a council meeting at Salford Civic Centre on October 28.
Coun Jack Youd, deputy city mayor at Salford council, said: “The council’s Procurement Board made a decision that we can go out to competition for the Weaste Lane and Liverpool Street junction improvement scheme.
“The junction does not currently have signal-controlled pedestrian crossing facilities, which we want to rectify.
“We will shortly put the job out to tender and we expect the works to be completed in 2025.”
Salford council recently came under fire for its work on cycling around the borough.
Campaign group Walk Ride GM urged the council to make more cycling facilities around the city to get more people on their bike or walking, as well as create a network plan.
The council said it has “invested millions in cycling infrastructure” and is committed to creating more sustainable ways to travel.
