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Link Road opens to traffic: November 22nd 2007
The link road was officially opened to traffic by the Mayor of Chorley, Councillor Adrian Lowe, the Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, County Councillor Tony Martin and Tony Dixon, Regional Managing Director of Birse Civils Ltd.
The opening was 15 weeks ahead of schedule and within budget. Further remedial work and landscaping will continue into the new year.
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- The first car uses the road (65k jpg)
Progress Report: September 2007
Bridgeworks. The casting of the string courses has been completed. Work has now started on the erection of safety barriers.
Roadworks. The following operations are continuing:
- School perimeter ball-stop fence and post and wire fencing
- Drainage - manhole finishing, gully raising, headwall works, ductworks
- Kerbing to A6 junction
- Grading of sub-base at A6 junction
- Road surfacing - base and binder to courses
- Footway/cycleway construction
- Road lighting column and lit sign erection with associated cabling
The following operations have commenced:
- Traffic signal and Toucan crossing installation
- CCTV survey of new drains
Progress Report: August 2007
Bridgeworks. Deck and wingwall pours have been completed. Bankseat backfill and drainage is finished. The erection of supporting falsework to string courses has started.
Roadworks. The following operations are continuing:
- School perimeter ball-stop fence
- Drainage - manhole finishing, gully raising, headwall works, ductworks
- Kerbing
- Grading of sub-base
- Road surfacing - base up to Ch1160 and binder to Ch1100m
The following operations have commenced:
- Footway/cycleway construction
- Erection of safety barriers
- Road lighting column and lit sign erection and associated cabling
Progress Report: July 2007
Bridgeworks. Paving and bank protection works beneath the bridge have been completed. Beams to the centre and east spans have been placed in position. The placing of reinforcing steel to the deck spans has commenced. Concreting of west and centre deck spans is finished.
Roadworks. Drainage works are progressing - including carrier drains, filter drains, gullies and connections, manhole benching and finishing. Two further Great Crested Newt tunnels have been positioned, and are now complete. The installation of lighting ducts is continuing. Soiling to batter slopes continues. Kerbing is still in progress, as is laying of the sub-base. Road surfacing has started between Lower Burgh Way roundabout and Burgh Lane.
12th July 2007
More photographs have been added to the Works in Progress gallery, including beam lifting at the Yarrow Bridge site and lime stabilisation along the route.
Progress Report: June 2007
Bridgeworks. Paving and bank protection works beneath the bridge have commenced. The beams to the west span have been placed in position; access scaffold for the next beam placing operations are being prepared. Permanent formwork is being placed betwewen beams in readiness for deck construction. Photographs of the bridge construction are available in the Works in Progress image gallery.
Roadworks. Drainage works are progressing, including construction of carrier drains, filter drains, gullies and connections, manhole benching and finishing. The rising main diversion has been completed. Great Crested Newt tunnels are now in position. Construction of lighting ducts has started.
Burgh Lane has been diverted to allow the excavation of the old lane and capping is under way. Lower Burgh Way roundabout excavation and capping has been completed. Soiling to the batter slopes continues. The laying of kerbs has started at the Lower Burgh Way end.
Progress Report: May 2007
Bridgeworks. The concreting works to the east pier cill beam and east bankseat are complete. Bearing plinths have been cast. Preparatory works for beam placing and paving beneath the bridges has started.
Roadworks. Drain laying continues. Road gullies and connections have now started. Earthworks cut-and-fill operations are complete, side slopes trimmed and soiled, mitigation ponds excavated. Sub-base laying continues, and is now complete from Lower Burgh Way to the bridge. The Rising main diversion has been satisfactorily tested; final connections are to be done in June.
Progress Report: April 2007
Bridgeworks. The piling to the bankseats has been completed and the bases cast. The pier columns are complete and the cill beam linking the columns on the west side has been cast.
Roadworks. The ballstop fence to the school has been completed. Drainage works continue. Earthworks cut and fill operations continue and will be completed in early May. Sub-base materials are being spread from the Lower Burgh Way access towards the school roundabout.
A new gallery of photographs showing the works in progress has been added. This will be added to as the scheme progresses.
Progress Report: March 2007
Bridgeworks. Casting of the pier bases and pier columns has started. Piling works for bankseat foundations is also under way.
Roadworks. Service Authority diversions continue. Tree clearance has now been completed, including those downed in the recent storms. The erection of permanent fencing continues including a screen fence to Four Winds. Earthworks excavation and fill operations continue to progress. Drainage works are continuing, including the rising main diversion.
Progress Report: February 2007
Bridgeworks. At the River Yarrow Bridge, access roads have been constructed. Work to construct the bridge pier base foundations has started. Ground support and excavations of the east and west pier bases is under way.
Roadworks. Service Authority diversions continue including that of a High Voltage Overhead cable. Soil stripping is complete and construction of permanent fencing is continuing. Main earthworks operations have now started with the excavation of site materials modified with lime and cement being deposited in the embankments. Drainage works have also started.
Progress Report: January 2007
Roadworks. The Service Authorities' subcontractors have continue the associated diversion works at Lower Burgh Way, Burgh Lane and the A6. Tree clearance has continued. Permanent fencing to the site and a screen fence on Lower Burgh Way erected. Topsoil has been stripped throughout the site and stone fill imported between the east side of the River Yarrow and A6 junction.
December 12th, 2006
A new Images section has been added to the site. This includes a 'visualisation' of the scheme: you can 'fly over' or 'drive along' the proposed road to gain an impression of how the completed scheme will look. Visit the Images section.
November 15th, 2006
Lancashire County Council has awarded the £4m roadworks contract to Birse Civils, part of the Balfour Beatty Group. The work will commence on Monday 4 December with estimated completion in autumn 2007.
September 11th, 2006
The Link Road contract is now out to tender and the tender return date is 6th October 2006 with a possible construction start date in December 2006.
August 3rd, 2006
New pages have been added to the website, including aerial photos of the site and the up-to-date General Plan. The FAQ page has also been updated. Coming soon are photographs of the proposed route and surrounding areas.
July 5th, 2006
It is currently programmed that tenders for the construction of the link road will be invited in August 2006 from a list of Contractors drawn from the response to a pre-qualification questionnaire as required under EU procurement law. Construction works are expected to commence in November.
Prior to the commencement of the main construction works an advanced contract to fell trees and translocate ancient woodland soil to a nearby receptor site has been completed recently. Also, investigation works to locate possible mineshafts on the line of the new road have been carried out.
In a few weeks time work will start to create an access to the site adjacent to the TELENT factory off Carr Lane.