Cllr Colin Macalister (pictured doing his bit previously) and officers have given us the following information. Works for BT on Strines Road (near Station Road) are due to finish, weather permitting, tomorrow.  Traffic lights will only operate between 09:30 and 15:00. On Sat 2nd Feb, there will be carriageway repair works (with lights) on behalf […]

Cadent still have a gas leak on Brabyns and are now trying to repair a new section.  They “hope to be finished by 16 April”.   Be aware I am asking questions about the long time this is taking. Windlehurst Road roadworks are now being extended to 13 April. Be prepared for more delays…   Because […]

GOOD NEWS – as of 10 mins ago BRABYNS BROW CADENT ROADWORKS ARE GONE (27th March 16:00) Newsflashes from our roads people at Stockport Council that may affect your journey next week – 14th – 22nd February: Brabyns Brow, Marple Bridge – REVISED END DATE Contractors working on behalf of Cadent Gas are currently undertaking […]

  Across the borough there are a number of roadworks. The A555 westbound will be shut for 17 weeks from Mon 12th Feb (from A34 junction towards Heald Green) due to drainage problems.  Officers also tell us that in spite of the collapse of Carillion, the rest of the new road is still being built […]

Work will take place from 27th November to carry out remedial repairs to the existing road hump/cushions on Hibbert Lane.  Meanwhile, United Utilities are still repairing the collapsed road around one of their pipes on Stockport Road near Rose Hill.  We are hoping this will be done shortly.   Meanwhile we hope that the leaks on […]

A6 to reopen on Monday We’re delighted that the A6 will reopen to traffic as planned on Monday 16 October. Engineers have spent over 7,000 hours repairing the almost 200 year old bridge.  This is a significant point to reach. Whilst the A6 will be reopen to traffic on Monday, there will still be works […]

This months road works notice starts with the big one – the council are shutting the A6 to repair the road viaduct south of Mersey Sq to the Garrick Theatre for up to 12 weeks.  (see elsewhere for diversions)  It is planned to allow push bikes through.  Contractors waited until St Mary’s Way works were […]

Winnington Road resurfaced With the little bits of spare money at the end of Marple North’s Highway Improvement Programme funding, and requests from your councillors, bad parts of Winnington Road, Bradshaw Crescent, and Constable Drive have been resurfaced recently.  And the last, worse part of Longhurst was done too. We also got a small seat […]

There’s a lot this month! Longhurst Lane Perhaps the most important local scheme is that to resurface the bottom, most worn bit of Longhurst Lane (pictured) at the exit from Marple Bridge.  (Town St was done recently and I asked for the stop line at the other end to be pulled back to allow buses […]

Just a quick reminder of approaching road works: After consulting with councillors and residents (to cause minimum disruption to businesses and residents over Christmas) SMBC are doing road surface relays to major roads as follows (weather permitting): Starting from 8th Jan (all day Sunday) then during the week from 6 pm until midnight, Town St […]