By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
Warrington Bank Quay railway station MP Andy Carter has welcomed funding to upgrade Warrington Bank Quay railway station. A £3.5 million investment to upgrade several bridge structures at the site is due to start as part of the Great North Rail Project. From the end of January until April 24, Network Rail will carry out work to infill a disused bridge span beneath the station, as well as replacing a railway bridge and footbridge. The work will help to make the railway through Warrington more reliable for passengers and freight services. The railway bridge being replaced supports two railway lines through Warrington Bank Quay, including the tracks on platform one and the adjacent line used predominantly for freight trains.
The area was far different to today, being alive with factories. Reader Peter Cotterill has been in touch with his memories. From my bedroom window I could see 13 factory chimneys, 15 if I leaned out my head out. Warrington, not just Bank Quay was a factory town (more suited to be in Lancashire than Cheshire) hence the smogs that came in damp winters and the grime that was everywhere. As a child my mother insisted that I wash my hands and face – and neck after coming in from playing outside. There was always, as she expressed it, a tide mark between my clothed body and the exposed neck.
Almost all predictions were thrown out of the window by coronavirus which changed all our lives forever. So you d have to be a fool to try to predict what may happen in 2021 right? Well maybe - but we are going to give it a go anyway. Of course our biggest hope for 2021 is that we are able to get back to something like normality. So here s our predictions of how the next 12 months may play out.
1 WARRINGTON WALKING DAY TO RETURN It is always a highlight of the year in Warrington and we really missed it in 2020. But if the vaccine continues to be rolled out, we are hoping it will be back this summer.
Fiddler s Ferry Power Station THIS year has seen Warrington’s industrial landscape and economy changed forever. Several historic firms and iconic employers in the town were permanently closed in 2020, whether as a result of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic or other factors. Here, we have taken a look back at some of the big names we have lost over the past 12 months.
Fiddler’s Ferry For decades, Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station has towered over western parts of Warrington. But the landscape will soon look a lot different, as the coal-fired plant closed in March after nearly 50 years in operation.
Hope for 11,000 jobs at ex-steelworks as region s biggest ever planning application is submitted
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen says that the project had hit a major milestone
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Plans have now been submitted for more than nine million sq ft of business and industrial space on Teesside s former steelworks site in a major regeneration milestone.