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Preston Western Distributor

The new road to the west of the city which joins the M55 at a new junction (Junction 2) to Preston Docks (A585). Running just over two miles in length the road is named as Edith Rigby Way after a suffragette from the city. Two link roads to Cottam join the Preston Western Distributor.

No quick fix available for Preston underpass blighted by flooding

Darkinson Lane underpass flooding Significant work is needed to fix the drainage which has caused persistent flooding on a Preston underpass. The underpass on Preston’s Western Distributor Road has been closed since November as […]

2 months ago
Preston underpass flooding woes now ‘beyond a joke’

Darkinson Lane underpass flooding Persistent flooding has made an underpass on the Preston Western Distributor Road almost impassable on a constant basis and action is desperately needed, those who use it have claimed.  The […]

4 months ago
Edith Rigby Way crash leaves man in hospital with serious injuries

The scene in Edith Rigby Way on Wednesday evening Pic: Santiago Lopez Barranco A man is in hospital after a crash on Edith Rigby Way which shut the road for nearly four hours on Wednesday evening. The Preston Western Distributor was closed by […]

5 months ago
Edith Rigby Way closed in both directions due to a crash

Emergency services attending the crash in Edith Rigby Way Pic: Santiago Lopez Barranco A link road to the west of the city has been shut due to a crash. Preston Police say Edith Rigby Way – also known as the Preston Western Distributor […]

5 months ago
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Lea Lane may have speed limit dropped to 30mph

Lea Lane connects to the new Edith Rigby Way Pic: Google A road connecting to the new Preston Western Distributor is to see its speed limit cut. Lea Lane is currently 40mph but is ‘no longer considered safe’. Lancashire County Council […]

8 months ago
Edith Rigby Way: A year on from city’s £207m road opening

First cars on the Edith Rigby Way It’s a year since the Edith Rigby Way opened to connect Preston Docks to the M55 – without needing to go through Preston itself. Costing more than £200million and taking […]

8 months ago
Plans unveiled for Preston’s first service station on M55

Aerial view of the M55 service station plan Plans are in the pipeline to build a motorway service station on the outskirts of Preston. The facility has been proposed for a site just off the new junction 2 […]

1 year ago
Underpass at Preston Western Distributor Road regularly closed by flooding

Darkinson Lane underpass flooding An underpass built to allow pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders to get from one side of the new Preston Western Distributor Road to the other is regularly being closed by […]

1 year ago
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