The new Congleton Link Road will be officially opened to traffic next Monday lunchtime with a low-key event, owing to Covid-19 restrictions.

Unfortunately, the public will not be able to attend the opening, but Nub News alongside other media outlets has been invited to witness local classic cars enthusiasts driving their vehicles along the route for the first time, which will follow a brief ribbon cutting.

Cars entered range from the Batmobile to classic Rolls Royce and Bentleys.

All entrance fees from the cruise will be donated to the new Christie Cancer Centre at Macclesfield District General Hospital.

However, from late afternoon tomorrow (Friday, 16th April), members of the public will be allowed to walk the road and cyclists can also be among the first to explore the £90m bypass, which is to be named after Congleton's "pioneering educationalist" Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, who also campaigned for women's suffrage.

A Cheshire East Council spokesperson said: "The 5.5km road will relieve Congleton of much of the traffic congestion the town has experienced, while also opening up 20 hectares of potential employment land."

The new highway joins the A534 Sandbach Road to the west and the A536 Macclesfield Road to the north, opening up connectivity and improving travel between Macclesfield, Congleton and the M6.