Issue - meetings

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

The purpose of this report is to provide Members with the accident statistics for the A6 London Road and Commercial Road in Hazel Grove.

The Area Committee is recommended to note the report.

Officer contact: Nick Whelan, 0161-474-4907, nick.whelan@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration (copies of which had been circulated) providing the Area Committee with the accident statistics for the A6 London Road and Commercial Road in Hazel Grove, following a request from a councillor.

Councillors expressed serious concern about the number of accidents on Chester Road/ Gundy Road and on Commercial Road and their disappointment that there were no proposals to address these ‘hot spots’. Councillors queried why these issues had not been addressed through the A6MARR Mitigation Measures and whether additional speed cameras were appropriate.

It was suggested that the additional highway works on Commercial Road planned as a result of permission being granted for the redevelopment of the former Royal Oak Public House should be expedited to address road safety concerns in this area.

Councillors also expressed concerns about the efficiency of the A6 London Road/ Buxton Road through Hazel Grove and into Great Moor due to the current traffic light arrangements; the lack of enforcement of box junctions, in particular at Buxton Road and Dialstone Lane; the lack of parking enforcement in the vicinity of the A6 and its major junctions that was contributing to traffic congestion, and the inadequacy of the length of the filter lane for right-turning traffic from Buxton Road into Bramhall Moor Lane.

Councillors also expressed concern about the impact of standing traffic on air quality.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Cabinet Member be informed of this Area Committee’s concerns about the number of accidents in Hazel Grove along the A6 and on feeder routes and that she be asked to ensure that officers submit a further report on possible solutions.

(3) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to submit a report or reports back to the Area Committee

·         detailing the current synchronisation of the traffic signals on the A6 in Hazel Grove and Great Moor;

·         providing an update on the requested pedestrian crossing facility on Commercial Road;

·         options for improved signage at the at junction of Buxton Road and Dialstone Lane to reduce the number of motorists inappropriately entering the box junction.