I AM sure the people in Mere will be over the moon about this. The A556 is a busy road but the traffic moves at 50 mph and is relatively safe.

There are times when the M6 and M56 are closed due to incidents and this section of road becomes seriously restricted.

Knutsford and other parishes in the surrounding area will have roads with speed limits of 60 mph and are less than half the size of the present A556.

Maybe this money should be spent on making many of the smaller roads safer to use rather than a sweetener for the residents of Mere.

Kevin James Address supplied