The £9m plan to change how people get around this area of Greater Manchester

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Major cycling upgrades are on the way in Salford - and campaigners say they could change the way people get around the city.

A total of £9m is set to be spent on different schemes to improve infrastructure for people to travel around Salford. A £5m scheme is set to start this spring to create a new protected cycleway along Oldfield Road between Chapel Street and Regent Road, known as the Oldfield Road Corridor.

The plan includes a new signalised junction at Liverpool Street, giving pedestrians and cyclists their own dedicated facilities to use.

Funding for the work has come from a mix of pots, with developers contributing around £1.1m along with cash from the Department for Transport via the Active Travel Fund programme.

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