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A key milestone has been reached in plans to deliver improvements to journeys on the A582 in Preston and South Ribble.

Calls have been made for bus fares to be reduced back to £2 a trip, at today's Full Council meeting.

Plans to invest more than £61 million to improve Lancashire's highways infrastructure over the next year have been approved.

Lancashire County Council has secured one of the largest sums of any local authority as part of a national £1billion Bus Grant funding boost, which aims to improve and develop bus services.

The second stage of a scheme to replace traffic lights at key junctions in Preston is set to begin on 2 March.

A host of improvements to boost sustainable travel and increase connectivity by rail to Manchester and Preston and elsewhere in the region could be in the pipeline for five train stations in and around Chorley.

New diversion routes have been agreed and put in place in East Lancashire following the partial collapse of a B road in Oswaldtwistle.

Fears that loved up couples would be dissuaded from buying impromptu Valentine's Day gifts due to roadworks in one Lancashire village have been allayed.

Proposals to remove an additional discount available to some NoWcard bus pass holders will be discussed this week.

Plans are set to be discussed to transform how the council approaches gully cleaning with the aim to ensure that all of the council's 294,000 road gullies are visited on a regular schedule.

The next steps are being put in place to deliver improvements to journeys on the A582 in South Ribble and provide better provision for buses, walking and cycling.

After a busy few days preparing for the snow and ice, gritting crews are continuing their efforts to make Lancashire roads safe.