Work on M54 and M6 link road to start within months with first steps announced
The first work on a £200 million link road linking the M54 and M6 will start within months.
Temporary fencing, vegetation clearance and the construction of two works compounds will get under way this year as part of the first steps to construct the new road which will link the M54 Junction 1 and the M6 at Junction 11.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps granted consent in April for the 1.6-mile road which will be the first to connect the motorway serving Wolverhampton and Shropshire with the M6 to the north, and aims to reduce congestion on local roads especially the A460 and A449.
In its first newsletter about the scheme, National Highways explained what work will be taking place and released an image of how Junction 1 of the M54 will look.
Two new compounds, needed to manage the project and which will include offices, parking, welfare facilities and storage for equipment and materials, will be built on Mill Lane, close to the M6, and off the A460 in Featherstone.
