Representation by Mark McDonough
- Date submitted
- 20 August 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I moved to Glossop in 2001, people warned me of the traffic problem (mottram moor). Having witnessed the friendly and beautiful town and its surroundings I thought I'd try it anyway. The traffic has got worse and worse, due to articulated lorries seeming the preferred Woodhead pass to the M62. I work in Manchester and whilst I can get the train sometimes, they don't run early enough so I drive, then I come home in the rush hour after a 12 hour day either sitting in traffic on Mottram or going via Broadbottom and sitting in traffic that way. Glossop and Hadfield need this bypass and I cannot believe it is taking so long. Lots of people I know have been relocating for one reason or other and all screened out Glossop because of the traffic problem. It can take 20 to 30 minutes to get 2 or 3 miles that takes you out of Glossop, it's simply ridiculous, I can only imagine the poor people who have to endure the very slowly moving carpark outside their homes in Mottram, not to mention the pollution slow moving traffic causes. We need this bypass now.