Work on the Penwortham Bypass is continuing to create a new road between the A582 and the A59.

Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal have given an update on how the work has been going.

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An environmental survey of the site has meant they’ve needed to put in 30 bird boxes and 61 bat boxes along the route to provide homes for bats and barn owls – as many trees have been felled for the new road.

Work has focused on the Broad Oak roundabout, at Booths, where the new road will join the A582 in Penwortham.

Widening work on the roundabout is nearly complete and new footpaths have been put in.

The bypass route itself has been cleared of trees and vegetation to prepare for the excavation of the road.

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All Hallows’ School’s playing fields are being relocated and improved as part of the Bypass deal.

And new wildlife ponds are to be created over the next two months.

The new Bypass is expected to cost £17.5million and will see around 22,000 journeys a day.

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Work, which began in January this year, is due to be completed by January 2020.

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