Yes, there are plans for making high-quality, safe and attractive routes available. This includes cyclist, pedestrian and equestrian routes delivered throughout Halsnead Garden Village.

Knowsley Council has delivered walking, cycling and environmental improvements along Pennywood Drive as part of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Sustainable Transport Enhancements Package (STEP), improving connectivity to Whiston train station.

In 2019, Knowsley Council secured £12m funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to deliver significant transport infrastructure improvements. This will ensure adequate capacity and resilience in the surrounding highways network, improving access to Halsnead Garden Village and the wider Liverpool City Region.

The following highway improvements have now been completed:

• Fox’s Bank Lane/Cronton Road – signalisation works and road widening.
• Lickers Lane/Fox’s Bank Lane – signalisation works, footway improvements and vegetation removal.
• Stoney Lane/ Cumber Lane – signalisation works.
• Stoney Lane/Dragon Lane – carriageway widening and creating a new right turn.
• Windy Arbor Road/Greene’s Road – reconfiguration of existing signalised junction.
• Lickers Lane/Windy Arbor Road – carriageway widening and signalisation.

On Monday 13 January 2025 work will commence on the widening to the M62 J6 eastbound entry slip road (leaving Tarbock Island in the direction of Manchester) and this work is expected to be completed by the end of March 2025. During this work the existing one lane entry to the slip road will be maintained from Tarbock Island.

The existing lane closure on Windy Arbor Road (southbound) at the entry to Tarbock Island will remain in place until approximately the end of March

Work will also begin on Monday 27 January to widen the M62 Junction 6 westbound exit slip road (coming on to Tarbock Island from the direction of Manchester). This slip road will be closed 24 hours a day 7 days a week during this phase, which is scheduled for completion by the end of May 2025. A diversion will be in place during the closure, taking  traffic down to M62 Junction 5 before returning eastbound to Junction 6.