Labour-run Stockport Council are proposing to change the charges for car parks.   Stockport centre car parks will be charged at 80 p per hour for the first two hours. Perhaps more importantly to us, free car parks near stations in district centres will be charged.  Which means that the two car parks – those […]

Keep an eye out for your new recycling calendar that will be posted to you in the next couple of weeks.  This should include a helpful item on what can be recycled – a Lib Dem modification to this year’s council budget. https://goo.gl/LQTZ6k

The boundary commission have published their revised map.  Whilst some lines in Cheshire have changed, we will still lie in the new Marple and Hyde constituency.  We have until December 2017 to comment. Map and comment at https://www.bce2018.org.uk/node/6487    

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 […]

         Great and peaceful marches last Sun in Manchester near the Tory conference.  Tens of thousand attended various rallies and speakers came from all political parties (including the Conservatives) and none. Some inventive slogans – “Brexit is bananas”, “Je suis saboteur” and “Inclusive not exclusive”. We were also reminded that of the […]

 Cllr Geoff Abell talking to Lib Dem leader, Sir Vince Cable Vince Cable reports today – “When I became your leader just over 90 days ago, one of the goals I set was for us to overtake the Conservatives in membership. “Today we may have just done exactly that. “The Conservatives are notoriously secretive about their membership, […]

  All 6 cllrs have just approved a change to make Marple South ward into Marple South and High Lane, recognising the latter as an important and separate entity. However, there is a now a move to rename the whole Area Committee too that serves about 20,000 from Werneth Low to Mellor to Hawk Green […]

18 September 2017  – news from TfGM                                                                                      Rail passengers to benefit from further […]

  An inspector and a sergeant from Greater Manchester police attended Sept’s Marple Area Committee last night.   The chair encouraged the many questions that came from councillors and public alike. There has been a spate of anti-social behaviour and more general crime this summer, but there have been arrests and Marple is still one of […]

Firstly work is progressing on the A6 road repairs, but its still weeks off finishing.  We’ll keep you updated. In Marple Bridge, there are repairs to the leaking water at the junction of Town St and Hollins Lane.  However on 1 Oct (Sun) there will be further works at the junction of Town St and […]