Representation by Brenda Cooke
- Date submitted
- 20 August 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Glossop lies between two major cities, Sheffield and Manchester. Commuters and heavy goods vehicles use the Woodhead Pass and the Snake pass as routes between the two cities. The volume of traffic has grown exponentially over the last 40 years and the roads in the towns of Glossop, Tintwistle, Hollingworth and Mottram can no longer cope. The pollution from the traffic is detrimental to health. The traffic itself has caused many accidents, both in the towns and on the routes. A bypass is urgently needed. The Mottram bypass and Glossop Spur need to proceed as planned now and then a full bypass of Hollingworth and Tintwistle should follow. Hundreds of new houses have been built in Glossop and Hadfield over the last 40 years with no change to infrastructure. That change is vital to ensure the area can continue to grow and not be stifled by traffic jams. It is vital the Mottram bypass and Glossop Spur go ahead as the roads have become so congested its always rush hour. Hundreds of houses have been built in the area, over the last 30 years, without any improvement to infrastructure. The air quality has deteriorated as traffic idles, hour after hour, in the traffic jams. The A57 from the top of the M67 is a pinch point which continues to leaving Tintwistle A628 and Glossop A57. It has to be addressed so that the towns along the route can flourish. It makes no sense to have built the M67 to bypass Tameside which then dumps traffic into Mottram and beyond. The job of completing an improved route to Sheffield needs to be completed.