Location (Castleview East Lane, Runcorn, WA7 7DN)

Town hall chiefs have approved a raft of major regeneration plans for Runcorn including an extra £2.3m of capital works funding. Halton Borough Council’s executive board gave the green light for a deal for Neptune Developments Ltd to clean up the derelict Crosville depot site and install a pub with restaurant, coffee shop and car park aimed at attracting passing expressway and bridge traffic. Also approved was a proposal to allow a planning application for homes to be built on a field on Picow Farm Road, and for a site on Murdishaw Avenue to be put up for sale to allow the construction of a food store, drive-through coffee shop and a family pub with restaurant.
Part of the aim of creating a parking spaces on the Crosville site would be to allow homes to be built on a section of the existing Brindley car park.

It is hoped that the developments will boost the ‘dwell time’ spent by visitors in the area, particularly Brindley punters, and will enhance Runcorn’s image as a ‘destination’.

The Mersey Gateway is a new road bridge across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in north-west England, which began construction in May 2014. The bridge will be located approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the east of the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge that connects the towns of Widnes and Runcorn. It will connect the Central Expressway in Runcorn with the Eastern Bypass and Speke Road in Widnes. The new six-lane bridge across the River Mersey between Widnes and Runcorn opened in October 2017 at a cost of £1.86bn over 30 years The bridge is tolled, but free for most Halton residents.