By Road
3MG also offers high quality road access. The site benefits from direct access to the A562 dual
carriageway. This provides direct routes to Liverpool, Runcorn, the M56 and the A5300 Knowsley
Expressway (which connects with the M62). 3MG is therefore well located to serve the distribution
market in the North West of England, lying in to the east of Liverpool and with good quality road
links to Warrington, Greater Manchester, Preston and onto Lancaster and Cumbria.
Listed below are distances and average HGV driving times from 3MG to a selected number of
destinations in the North West.
- Liverpool: 20km and 30 minutes
- Manchester: 45km and 50 minutes
- Warrington: 14km and 20 minutes
- Preston: 62km and 60 minutes
- Chester: 32km and 40 minutes
- Wrexham: 62 km and 65 minutes
Most parts of the North West can therefore be reached in under 1 hours driving time.
3MG also benefits from a ‘private’ internal road network, which permits the low cost transfer
of goods between warehousing and between warehousing and the intermodal terminal. As the internal
road network is not adopted, vehicles operating on cheaper rebated diesel can be used to undertake
such transfers.
Longer term, 3MG will benefit from direct access to the new Mersey Gateway bridge. This is a £431million project that would provide a landmark new bridge over the River Mersey between the towns of Runcorn and Widnes. The project includes modifications to the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge that would improve facilities for public transport, walking and cycling across the river.
The new Mersey Gateway Bridge will:
Cross the river around 1.5 kilometres to the east of the Silver Jubilee Bridge
Be a tolled crossing
Have three lanes across the Mersey in each direction
Link the Central Expressway in Runcorn with the Eastern Bypass and Speke Road in Widnes.
Three piers in the river will carry the two 300 metre long outer spans that will cross the naturally occurring deeper water channels of the river at either bank. These will be supported by cable stays attached to towers that rise to 135 metres above the river bed.
The scheme has recently submitted detailed planning applications.