Terminal roundabout, view north, 16 October 1995
Terminal roundabout, view north (see all photos of the same view)
The terminal roundabout has progressed enormously in a very short space of time: three months ago this was bare earth without even earthworks completed, and now has landscaped, grassed embankments and kerblines. A first course of tarmac is being laid on the roundabout and the machinery can be seen at work.
A582 Lostock Lane
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