A WARRINGTON service station is set to receive a share of a £16.5million investment earmarked to ‘transform facilities’.

Lorry drivers across England will benefit from more parking spaces, better welfare facilities and safer rest areas thanks to the joint Government and industry funding.

The Roads Minister confirmed that 38 truck stops across England will invest £6million from the Department for Transport, with a further £10.5million coming from industry, to significantly improve their facilities for lorry drivers.

Among those to benefit is Lymm services, operated by Moto on the M6 and M56 junction, which will receive £100,000 in joint Government and industry funding for key improvement areas of driver welfare and decarbonisation.

The upgrades as a whole across the country will include new showers and restaurants, as well as better lighting and secure fencing around rest areas so drivers can feel safer and sleep with greater peace of mind.

The measures will also create around 430 new parking spaces for heavy goods vehicles to free up roads.

The Government says the measures are part of its plan to grow the economy by improving working conditions for lorry drivers, supporting new jobs in the haulage industry and attracting more people towards a career in logistics.

The crucial improvements will also help decarbonise the haulage sector by installing new charge points to power electric HGVs and solar panels on lorry driver facilities to make them as sustainable as possible.

Roads Minister Guy Opperman said: “Our lorry drivers are the backbone of a successful economy, ensuring food, goods and crucial medical supplies can get where they need to be, all over the country.

“That is why it is only right we leave no stone unturned when it comes to supporting our lorry drivers as part of our plan to grow the economy.

“The £16.5million in joint Government and industry funding will provide them with the safe, spacious and modern facilities they deserve.”