Names of those who died at the Pemberton Colliery have been memorialised as street names in the new 268 home development being built there. The street names on the Tulach site in Wigan all have links to the industrial past of where it now sits - this includes using the names of those that died in the explosions back in 1830 and 1877.
During a tour of the site, the Local Democracy Reporting Service was told that this brought with it a key piece of infrastructure needed for Wigan whilst regenerating the previously 'derelict' site off Smithy Brook Road. Northstone, the developer, part of Peel L&P contributed more than £4m towards the M58 link road which was implemented to relieve traffic in this region of the borough.
That has now been delivered ‘ahead of schedule’, Jonathan England, Development Director at Peel L&P claimed.
