Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration.

The report provides an update on the activities that are being pursued to resolve the traffic issues associated with activities at Woodley Sports.

The Area Committee is recommended to note the report

Officer contact: Sue Stevenson on 474 4351 or email: sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the activities that are being pursued to resolve the traffic issues associated with activities at Woodley Sports.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         A package of funding had been secured to provide improvements to the junction of Mill Lane and Hyde Road, Woodley to facilitate more efficient vehicular movements from Mill Lane into Hyde Road.

·         A further report was awaited on the outcome of investigations by the Planning Enforcement service into the implementation of the planning permission at Stockport Sports Village, Woodley.

·         In response to a member’s comment relating to the feasibility of introducing a signalised junction at Mill Lane and Hyde Road, it was stated that the cost of such a scheme would exceed the allocated funding for traffic improvements at this location.  In addition, it was stated that there would need to be modifications to the location of the current pedestrian crossing.

·         A member of the public commented that it would be useful if a public meeting were to be convened to allow members of the public the opportunity to contribute to the discussion on proposals relating to the future development of the Stockport Sports Village site and any potential solutions to ameliorate residents’ concerns.

·         Any forthcoming planning applications for the Stockport Sports Village site needed to be consulted upon widely and extensively.

RESOLVED – (1) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to make the necessary arrangements for the convening of a public meeting with the residents of the Mill Lane Estate, Woodley to discuss the transport operations of the Stockport Sports Village, Woodley.

(2) That, at this stage, the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to not proceed further with the current proposals for the modification of the junction of Mill Lane and Hyde Road, Woodley pending the outcome of the public meeting to be convened with the residents of the Mill Lane Estate, Woodley.