Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report presents the findings from a July 2021 consultation on a proposed footway widening for Hollins Lane, Marple, and seek approval to implement the proposed scheme.

The Area Committee is asked to comment and note the report.

Officer contact: Rachel Cosgrove, Rachel.cosgrove@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) presenting the findings from a July 2021 consultation on a proposed footway widening for Hollins Lane, Marple and to seek approval to implement the proposed scheme.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·       Members raised residents’ concerns that new lighting along the footway may not be in keeping with the local area. In response, it was noted that these concerns would be taken into account and that there may be a number of lighting options available if the site was within a conservation area. 

·       Concern was raised in regard to hedges encroaching on the footway from along property boundaries. It was commented that the Council could serve notice to the residents to cut any hedges back should they grow over the public highway.

·       Members welcomed the detailed proposals related to drainage improvement on Hollins Lane and suggested some further areas which could benefit from similar work, such as Town Street and Constable Drive.

·       It was suggested that speeding was also an issue on Hollins Lane, and that residents would benefit if traffic speeds could be looked at alongside this proposed scheme.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the implementation of the proposed scheme for widening the footway on Hollins Lane, Marple to be funded from the Highway Improvement Programme and including the following measures:

·       Widening the footway on Hollins Lane

·       Buildouts at priority passing points

·       Associated signage