Representation by Peter Kay
- Date submitted
- 21 August 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I have lived in Padfield many years, and , observed the traffic situation getting to a a point of grid lock. For many years I commuted by by car into Manchester, and what a first was a journey of 30mins increased to any thing up to an hour and a half, so, I left home earlier and earlier. Glossop has one road out to Manchester, a very narrow road with a narrow bridge, which can only take one bus or goods vehicle at a time, and two cars if you are careful. This road the A57 joins with the A628 at the bottom of Mottram Moor, this is the only section of four lane road. At the top of this four lane section it returns to two lanes at a junction controlled by traffic lights a further delay to traffic flow. We then have another set of traffic lights and a two lane road. The distance travelled from the bridge to this point can take up to half and hour. Coming in the opposite direction at the end of the M57 slow moving traffic can reach half way to Hyde with a journey time of quarter 0f an hour plus. And more houses meaning cars will be trying to leave Glossop.