Laing O'Rourke starts work on £600m Manchester tram extension

Construction work has started on the extension of Manchester's Metrolink tram system near Great Ancoats Street.

The M-Pact consortium of Laing O'Rourke, VolkerRail and Thales was awarded the contract last year.

Piling has commenced on the concrete retaining walls of an underpass for trams beneath Great Ancoats Street on the new Metrolink line to Droylsden, reports Transport Briefing.

The construction work is scheduled to run for the next two years.

The £600m Metrolink expansion project which will bring new tram lines to south Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, and Salford.