The long-awaited construction of the Mottram bypass has been hit by a setback after an environmental charity lodged a legal challenge.
Building work on the A57 Link Roads scheme, which is designed to tackle congestion between Manchester and Sheffield, had been due to start this spring. It followed the approval of the development consent order for the project by Transport Minister Huw Merriman in November last year.
But construction will now be delayed while an application for a judicial review of the decision is considered.
