Issue - meetings

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

This report provides an update on the actions taken since the Werneth Area Committee meeting in April to resolve the traffic issues associated with Stockport Sports Village, Woodley.

The Area Committee is recommended to:-

(1) give approval to the installation of timber fencing on Mill Lane and Riverdale View as shown in Appendix B and C to the report.

(2) recommend that the Executive Councillor (Supporting Places) give approval to the proposed junction improvement shown on plan 5056/GA/Rev.A in Appendix D to the report.

Officer contact: Nick Whelan on 0161 474 4907 or email: nick.whelan@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 actions taken since the meeting of the Area Committee on 13 April 2015 to resolve the traffic issues associated with Stockport Sports Village, Woodley.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Network Rail had examined the bridge over the railway on Mill Lane and were satisfied that it was safe and did not require the imposition of a weight limit.

·         The Fire Service and Police had confirmed that they could gain access to the Mill Lane estate in the event of an emergency.

·         The keep clear marking on Hyde Road, Woodley at its junction with Mill Lane needed remarking.

·         Concerns were expressed in relation to the costs associated with both the proposed scheme and the alternatives discounted within the report.

·         Any alterations to the junction of Mill Lane and Hyde Road needed to make passive provision for the creation of a signalised junction at this location at some point in the future.

·         It was suggested that the widening of the egress from Mill Lane onto Hyde Road to permit two lanes of traffic would provide some relief to traffic congestion on the Mill Lane estate but may not wholly resolve issues of traffic congestion.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That approval be given to the installation of timber fencing on Mill Lane and Riverdale View, Woodley as detailed in Appendices B and C to the report.

(3) That the Executive Councillor (Supporting Places) be recommended to give approval to the proposed junction improvement as detailed in Appendix D to the report.