The Congleton Link Road project team has announced that the scheme and other associated works are now complete, except for some final landscaping works which will be undertaken later this year.

The completed scheme which has been named Wolstenholme Elmy Way after Congleton's famous pioneering educationalist and campaigner for votes for women, Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy, joins the A534 Sandbach Road with the A536 Macclesfield Road and also provides a link to the Radnor Park industrial estate, "vastly improving connectivity" for the 26 businesses currently based on the trading estate.

Graham's project team opened the road to pedestrians and cyclists on 16th April to give the local community the opportunity to explore their newest road over the weekend.

The official opening took place on 19th April and was marked by a colourful cavalcade of more than 50 classic cars driven by local enthusiasts along the 5.7km route, which is the largest infrastructure project to date in Cheshire East Councils history.

The procession of vehicles, which included a Batmobile, high-performance sports cars and vehicles dating from the early part of the last century, was preceded by a small ribbon-cutting ceremony by members of the team from Graham and Cheshire East Council.

Since opening to traffic, the scheme has "reduced congestion" in the town and "improved" journey times for the 28,000 residents of Congleton and surrounding areas.

The long-term benefits will include improved air quality in the town and bring economic and social regeneration to the area by supporting new residential and business development sites.