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by Geoff Abell on 1 March, 2016
As part of the Highway Investment Programme, local pavements will have a facelift in March. There is a commitment to invest £100m to improve roads and footpaths across the borough over a nine year delivery period. This funding will be used to carry out a range of repairs from patching to resurfacing in targeted areas […]
Read more Leave a commentby Geoff Abell on 23 February, 2016
Cllr Shan Alexander has been briefed by a council officers about the latest work on the A6-Relief Road junctions and also about the general way contractors CMS are carrying out the work. ● The temporary traffic signals on the A6 will now be in place during the weekday off peak hours of 9.30am to 3.30pm and, when possible, Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. ● […]
Read more Leave a commentby Geoff Abell on 6 February, 2016
Parking has always been a bit problematic in Marple Bridge. In order to address the problem, Malcolm Allan and the team would like to know your views. Please complete the short survey. All answers in confidence. Marple Bridge parking link
Read more 4 Commentsby Geoff Abell on 19 January, 2016
Highway Investment Programme road resurfacing details – Stockport Road (part) and Rose Lane (part). We are undertaking a programme of repairs across the borough as part of the ‘Investing in Stockport’ initiative. There is a commitment to invest £100m to improve roads and footpaths across the borough over a nine year delivery period. […]
Read more 3 Commentsby Geoff Abell on 3 January, 2016
Please see below details of various roadworks across the Borough in the first few months of 2016. These relate to works by utilities companies along with work on the A6MARR (click on the map above to see the route more clearly), the Woodford development, the Town Centre Access Package (TCAP) and the regeneration scheme for […]
Read more Leave a commentby Geoff Abell on 17 December, 2015
The £100m scheme of rebuilding all of Stockport’s bad roads has reached Marple. Following the relaying of Hollins Lane and Station Road in Marple, the following roads and pavements in Marple North will be remade, where needed, in 2016. There are 61 in all. This includes roads in Marple Bridge, Compstall, Mellor and Mill Brow. […]
Read more 9 Commentsby Geoff Abell on 17 September, 2015
There is a bit of road works around Marple in the coming weeks. All these will have temporary traffic lights. Please allow extra time for travelling. As part of the £100m improvement of roads, starting on 23rd Sept for 3 weeks, there will be road resurfacing around Hollins Lane (Marple) and Station Road. On Station Road (at […]
Read more Leave a commentby Geoff Abell on 3 August, 2015
The council have notified us of two pieces of road work scheduled in August. 1) Drainage repair work will start on Stockport Road, the Marple side of Rose Hill Station, for one week starting 10 August. There will be temporary traffic lights. 2) Also starting on 10 August (for 2 weeks) street light improvements on […]
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