This category relates to all things to do with roads in Preston.
Search and investigation underway after man escapes from prison van on M55
A police search is underway after an ‘extremely rare’ instance of a man escaping from a prison van on the motorway. Police received reports at 8.54am this morning (19 March) […]
A car ended up smashing into railings on Fylde Road after reportedly rolling downhill. Officers from Lancashire Constabulary were called to Fylde Road at around 3.10pm this afternoon (19 March) […]
Two-way traffic lights on Whittingham Lane between Goosnargh and Broughton are set to be removed by the end of this week, despite confusion about when the roadworks would actually finish. […]
Intelligent traffic lights that reduce the need for vehicles to stop and start will form a key part of plans to cut congestion on one of the busiest routes in […]
Two men were arrested after armed police were called to an incident in Ribbleton which has left a man in hospital. Police received a report of a collision between a […]
The swing bridge at Preston Docks is being closed for its annual lick of paint and oil. Preston City Council is putting a road closure in place at the bridge […]
Preston’s road network once again creaked and groaned with bumper-to-bumper traffic for 36-hours this week. The latest M6 closure, due to a lorry crash which took out the central barriers […]
Firefighters have tackled a car fire on the hard shoulder of the M6 just north of Preston. A lane was closed just before the slip road for the Junction 32 […]