MOTORISTS, residents and businesses are being urged to have their say on a £85 million upgrade for the M56 in Cheshire. Highways England is currently working to install an extra lane in each direction of the motorway between junction 6 at Hale and junction 8 at Bowdon, backed by extra technology to help smooth drivers’ journeys. The government company, which runs England’s motorways and major A roads, has launched an innovative new feedback tool, ECHO, which lets people tell the construction team know their thoughts about the work. Highways England M56 upgrade project manager Clare Bond said: “We work really hard to reach out to road users, residents and other stakeholders but this new tool gives people an extra way to let us know about something. ECHO is a great addition to the M56 project because it uses an interactive map which means people can pinpoint the area of the issue they’d like to raise.