 A bypass of Thornton, Merseyside, known as the A5758 Broom's Cross Road, was constructed during 2014–2015, linking the A565 at Thornton with Switch Island junction, having been planned since the 1960s.Liverpool City Council announced in 2016 that they had appointed a construction company to create a new dual-carriageway road in Liverpool, involving the widening of Great Howard Street and Derby Road, a stretch, at an expected cost of £18million, which had risen to £22million by the time the work started in May 2017.The council deemed the works necessary given the road would be a vital route for freight traffic to and from the Liverpool2 deep water container terminal, in addition to an associated tunnel and bridge which required replacement, having failed a structural assessment.