Agenda item

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

This report provides results of a consultation on the Mayor’s Challenge Fund (MCF) Heatons to Stockport Walking and Cycling Route proposals which include measures to reduce traffic speeds, improve walking and cycling facilities and provide better crossing points of main roads and at side roads and seeks a recommendation that the Cabinet Member (Economy and Regeneration) approves the scheme.

The Area Committee is asked to recommend that the Cabinet Member (Economy & Regeneration) approves the proposed measures and the legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders contained in Appendix B and subject to no objections being received within 21 days from the advertisement date the orders can be made.

Officer contact: Nick Whelan, 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 results of a consultation on the Mayor’s Challenge Fund (MCF) Heatons to Stockport Walking and Cycling Route proposals which include measures to reduce traffic speeds, improve walking and cycling facilities and provide better crossing points of main roads and at side roads and seeks a recommendation that the Cabinet Member (Economy and Regeneration) approves the scheme.

The following comments were made/issues raised: -

·       Heaton Moor Road and the delays in traffic needs to be looked at.

·       Could Chandos Road be reduced from 30mph to 20mph.

·       Could double yellow lines along the side of the school be returned in the vicinity of Broomfield.

·       Parking along the railway embankment to be conserved for as long as possible.

·       Could another bench be placed in the vicinity of the triangle area, if funding permits.

·       Safety audit has been completed and will be repeated once the scheme is complete.

·       More 20mph zones would be rolled out across the area, when the opportunities allow it.

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member (Economy & Regeneration) be recommended to approve the proposed measures and the legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders contained in Appendix B and subject to no objections being received within 21 days from the advertisement date the orders can be made.