Drivers can expect delays on M65

Roadworks to start in the summer at Junction 6

Whitebirk Roundabout
Author: Emma SmithPublished 6th Jul 2023

Driver face major traffic disruption this summer when roadworks at a busy motorway entrance and exit take place.

Lancashire County Council is planning to resurface the Whitebirk Roundabout leading to Junction 6 of the M65.

Its engineers will also replace the road markings and upgrade drainage.

The £272,000 project is likely to take several weeks.

The last major upgrade of the roundabout in 2007/8 took three months with drivers complaining of ‘chaos’ stretching back into the nearby Red Lion roundabout and Blackburn ring road.

Oswaldtwistle county councillor Peter Britcliffe said: “There will be major traffic disruption but it will be worth it in the end.”

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