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05/12/2008
Scottish Borders Motorway Link Eases Travel From NI
The long haul for travellers from Northern Ireland through ferry ports in western Scotland to England and beyond just got easier.
Exactly 50 years since the UK's first motorway class road opened, Transport Minister Andrew Adonis (pictured) has today officially opened the latest stretch of motorway - bridging a 'missing link' between London and Glasgow.
Half a century to the day after the nation's first motorway standard road - the Preston Bypass - was opened by then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, the Highways Agency's £174 million M6 Extension from north of Carlisle to the Scottish Border was being opened to motorists.
Andrew Adonis said: "I am delighted to mark the 50th birthday of motorways in the UK by opening this vital section of new motorway which completes the motorway link between London and Glasgow."
The new 5.8 mile section M6 Extension has been upgraded from the old A74 dual carriageway between Carlisle and Guards Mill providing safer and less congested journeys for long-distance traffic between the North West of England and Scotland.
(JM)(BMcC)
See: Special Birthday Celebrated With Opening Of £174m M6 Extension
Exactly 50 years since the UK's first motorway class road opened, Transport Minister Andrew Adonis (pictured) has today officially opened the latest stretch of motorway - bridging a 'missing link' between London and Glasgow.
Half a century to the day after the nation's first motorway standard road - the Preston Bypass - was opened by then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, the Highways Agency's £174 million M6 Extension from north of Carlisle to the Scottish Border was being opened to motorists.
Andrew Adonis said: "I am delighted to mark the 50th birthday of motorways in the UK by opening this vital section of new motorway which completes the motorway link between London and Glasgow."
The new 5.8 mile section M6 Extension has been upgraded from the old A74 dual carriageway between Carlisle and Guards Mill providing safer and less congested journeys for long-distance traffic between the North West of England and Scotland.
(JM)(BMcC)
See: Special Birthday Celebrated With Opening Of £174m M6 Extension
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16 January 2013
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Northern Ireland’s first ever motorway service stations have been granted planning permission. Currently, motorists have to leave the motorway in order to find a service station, but the two developments planned for the M2, along with the two to follow on the M1, will offer drivers direct slip road access from both directions.
First NI Motorway Service Stations Announced
Northern Ireland’s first ever motorway service stations have been granted planning permission. Currently, motorists have to leave the motorway in order to find a service station, but the two developments planned for the M2, along with the two to follow on the M1, will offer drivers direct slip road access from both directions.
06 July 2010
New Library To Open At Queens
A new £50m library at Belfast’s Queens University is to be officially opened today (Tuesday). Nobel laureate, Seamus Heaney will be on hand to open the McClay Library. According to the Vice Chancellor of Queen's, Professor Peter Gregson, the opening marks the next step in the university's development.
New Library To Open At Queens
A new £50m library at Belfast’s Queens University is to be officially opened today (Tuesday). Nobel laureate, Seamus Heaney will be on hand to open the McClay Library. According to the Vice Chancellor of Queen's, Professor Peter Gregson, the opening marks the next step in the university's development.
10 December 2007
Spectre Of Drive-by Shootings Return
A man has been shot from a passing car in Belfast. In an incident that recalls many such attacks during the worst decades of the Troubles, a 28-year-old man was last night shot in the head and back in north Belfast.
Spectre Of Drive-by Shootings Return
A man has been shot from a passing car in Belfast. In an incident that recalls many such attacks during the worst decades of the Troubles, a 28-year-old man was last night shot in the head and back in north Belfast.
21 May 2008
£12m Translink Project Cements Future Of Rail Link
Any doubts about the future of the railway line to Londonderry have now been allayed with the announcement that a specialist construction and management consultant, Turner & Townsend, has been appointed as the project managers of Translink's £12 million Ballymena to Derry Track Life Extension project.
£12m Translink Project Cements Future Of Rail Link
Any doubts about the future of the railway line to Londonderry have now been allayed with the announcement that a specialist construction and management consultant, Turner & Townsend, has been appointed as the project managers of Translink's £12 million Ballymena to Derry Track Life Extension project.
01 September 2015
Part Of M1 Reopens Following Collision
Part of the M1 motorway towards Belfast, which was closed following a four-vehicle collision, has reopened. The crash happened at the Saintfield Road junction on Tuesday morning. Police and the emergency services attended the scene, however no-one is believed to have been injured.
Part Of M1 Reopens Following Collision
Part of the M1 motorway towards Belfast, which was closed following a four-vehicle collision, has reopened. The crash happened at the Saintfield Road junction on Tuesday morning. Police and the emergency services attended the scene, however no-one is believed to have been injured.
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