Plans are in the pipeline to build a motorway service station on the outskirts of Preston.
The facility has been proposed for a site just off the new junction 2 of the M55, where the motorway meets the recently-opened Preston Western Distributor Road. If approved, the service area would be the first such motorway outlet in the vicinity of the city. The nearest alternative to the north is almost 15 miles away on the M6 near Lancaster, while southbound M6 traffic would have to travel nearly 18 miles to get to the Charnock Richard facility in Chorley.
A petrol station and Starbucks has already been built on Edith Rigby Way itself, at its junction with the new William Young Way. However, that much smaller development - on land previously occupied by the Saddle Inn pub - is yet to open. The proposal notes that there are currently no motorway service areas on the M55, adding that Moto “have identified that there is a need for such provision in this location”.
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