Anyone driving down the A59 into Ormskirk on Monday will have been delayed in temporary roadworks.

The reason?

Surveyors were marking out what is thought to be planned junction improvements near the proposed new Taylor Wimpey housing estate.

Ambitious plans for the new development were released over a year ago as part of the Borough Council's local plan which will see Ormskirk and Burscough move inexorably closer with the construction of a new linear path and cycleway between both communities.