Agenda item

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

The report details the results of a consultation on the Mayor’s Challenge Fund (MCF) proposal for five new links which are proposed between the existing multi user path along the A555 and residential areas, schools, retail and employment areas in Bramhall, Heald Green, Cheadle Hulme and Hazel Grove. The proposals include the conversion of existing Public Right of Way footpaths to bridleways, the creation of new bridleways, segregated cycle paths along roads, conversion of a signal junction to a roundabout and the provision of a new controlled crossing at locations where routes for pedestrians and cyclists cross busy roads.

The Area Committee is recommended to:-

(1)  Consider the contents of the report, noting the results of the recent consultation exercise carried out with residents and businesses around the Cheadle Area Committee area and the Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme South Area Committee area.

(2)  recommend the Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration to approve the proposals and statutory legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders associated with Links 2, 3 and 4 detailed in Appendix C to the report and, subject to no objections being received within twenty one days from the advertisement date, the Orders can be made.

(3)   authorise the Council to enter into a dedication agreement with private landowners to create a public right of way (bridleway) to enable the adoption by the Council and to authorise/approve the Council to designate a public right of way (bridleway) across Council land as detailed in Appendix D.

Officer Contact: Nick Whelan on 0161 474 4907 or email: nick.whelan@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to convert existing Public Right of Way footpaths to bridleways, the creation of new bridleways, segregated cycle paths along roads, conversion of a signal junction to a roundabout and the provision of a new controlled crossing at locations where routes for pedestrians and cyclists cross busy roads at locations between the existing multi user path along the A555 and residential areas, schools, retail and employment areas in Bramhall, Heald Green, Cheadle Hulme and Hazel Grove.

RESOLVED – (1) That it be noted in the light of the outcome of the consultation, Link 1 (Wilmslow Road) would be subject to amendment and further consultation before being submitted to a future meeting of the Area Committee.

(2) That, insofar as they related to Local Distributor and Local Access Roads within the purview of the Area Committee, approval be given to the proposed Links 2 (Stanley Green), 3 (Highfield Parkway – Hall Moss Lane), and 4 (Bramhall Park – A555) as outlined in the report and to the legal advertising of the associated package of Traffic Regulation Orders (as detailed in Appendix D of the report), and subject to the receipt of no objections within twenty one days of the advertisement date, the subsequent making of the Orders.

(3) That the Cabinet Member for Economy & Regeneration be recommended to give approval to the proposed Links 2 (Stanley Green), 3 (Highfield Parkway – Hall Moss Lane), and 4 (Bramhall Park – A555) as outlined in the report and to the legal advertising of the associated package of Traffic Regulation Orders (as detailed in Appendix D of the report), insofar as they related to Strategic Highways and District Distributor Roads within the purview of the Area Committee, and subject to the receipt of no objections within twenty one days of the advertisement date, the subsequent making of the Orders.