Six years after Eccles taxi driver Alan Henning was murdered in Syria, this major Salford road is being renamed in his honour
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukSix years after Eccles taxi driver-turned-volunteer aid worker Alan Henning was brutally murdered by so-called Islamic State in Syria, a major Salford road will be named after him, the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal.He will be honoured in his hometown after hundreds of people signed a petition last year calling for a permanent tribute to "Salford's finest son".Salford councillors agreed to name a road in Eccles after Alan last July.
Now, the local authority has confirmed that the Salford Western Gateway, a one-mile dual carriageway which connects the A57 Liverpool Road and Trafford Way to the east of the M60, will be renamed Alan Henning Way.The road, soon to be in public ownership, is part of Port Salford, the UK's first.
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