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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]