Construction on the long-awaited Mottram bypass is set to begin next year after proposals were approved by the government.
The A57 Link Roads bypass, which will ease congestion on the busy route between Manchester and Sheffield, has been given the final seal of approval by Transport Minister Huw Merriman.
It comes after a decade-long saga over the multi-million pound Trans-Pennine upgrade programme, which would see a new dual carriageway created from the M67 junction 4 roundabout to a new junction on the A57(T) at Mottram Moor.
