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Representation by Peter Haigh

Date submitted
21 August 2021
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

The section of roadway, from the end of the M67 to the traffic lights at the bottom of Mottram Moor, is the worst chokepoint on the whole Woodhead trans-Pennine route. It also carries local traffic between Glossop and the M67. This improvement will massively improve traffic flows in and out of Glossop and ease congestion on the trans-Pennine route - easing traffic pollution in the area, and most particularly easing pollution caused by stop-start HGV traffic travelling westwards up Mottram Moor. It is understood that this may increase traffic on the trans-Pennine route, especially through the adjacent chokepoints of Hollingworth and Tintwistle, and it is therefore essential that this improvement anticipates a Hollingworth/Tintwistle bypass.