Roads around a massive industrial estate expansion could see “thousands of extra vehicles” over the coming years, representatives say. This comes with road works having got underway last week to realign part of the A6 in Westhoughton to provide access to the expanded Wingates Industrial site. Around 1.
1 million sq/ft of manufacturing and logistics space are set to be developed at the site. Cllr David Wilkinson, of Westhoughton South, said: “Obviously it's happened whether we like it or not, and a lot of people in Westhoughton didn’t like it. “But it was approved by Bolton Council by everybody apart from us because they thought of money, money, money.
The access road will be changed (Image: Public) “Well, we’ll see if any of it is spent in Westhoughton.” He added: “It’ll bring thousands of extra vehicles.” Cllr Wilkinson said that since Places for Everyone, a blueprint for development across Greater Manchester was approved, the town can expect a lot more plans to be put forward.
He said: “What we want to see as a town hall is for as many conditions put in place as possible that will bring as many benefits as possible to Westhoughton.” How the roads looked before works got underway (Image: Public) The plans to expand Wingates, near Logistics North, were approved back in January 2020 with the scheme to alter the access road given the go-ahead in December last year. A further council meeting in June heard from deputy leader Cllr Akhtar Zaman that the aut.