A new consultation has launched, to give people their say on fresh plans for the next phase of the Manchester to Chorlton walking and cycling scheme.
The follow-up exercise will allow local residents and businesses to comment on revised proposals for the leg of the route running from St Anne’s Road, along Barlow Moor Road and then on to Manchester Road at its junction with Upper Chorlton Road and Seymour Grove. This section is referred to as “Area 3” of the scheme.
Construction of other areas of the scheme has already been completed, including the award-winning CYCLOPS junction at Royce Road, in Hulme.
In the original consultation, held in 2018, the majority of the 1,800 people who responded were broadly supportive of the scheme as a whole. However, several local concerns for Area 3 were raised, including the threat of rat-running through residential streets and the safety of schoolchildren using them, congestion at the ‘Four Banks’ crossroads and cycling safety on the Chorlton Metrolink bridge.
Comments were also made about the condition of the local pavements and that speed-reduction measures would be beneficial in the vicinity of schools and on routes that children take to school.
Among the changes propose are nNew speed tables and junction redesigns, to reduce vehicle speed, improve traffic flow and make crossing easier and safer.
The removal of proposed ‘Copenhagen-style’ bus stops, instead providing bus stop bypasses where possible and the reviewing proposed banned movements at signal-controlled junctions, to consider the impacts on the adjacent road network.
To take part in the consultation, which is open until Thursday 14 January, go to www.manchester.gov.uk/consultations. Anyone who wants to seek further information about the plans can email chorltoncyclescheme@manchester.gov.uk.
