Representation by Nigel Woods
- Date submitted
- 22 August 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I live in [redacted] mottram, on ashworth lane. The traffic to get from the pennines to the motorway is horrific. It has been the way for decades.[redacted]. Every weekend we would have to do this journey over the pennines and sit in traffic. Just getting up the steep hill from hollingworth can take half an hour or more. The traffic uses ashworth lane as a cut through to avoid and negate the queue at the end of the m67 that queues along the first exit past the 2 garages towards the Mottram post office. Our quiet little village b road has become an A road. The nay sayers have not lived in the middle of this traffic nightmare and their opinion is unjust. This bypass will decrease journey times dramatically and add hours of productive work onto each day meaning companies revenue will increase. It will revert our ashworth lane village busy road back to normal road level traffic numbers. I also have lived in Barnsley and worked in Manchester and had to do this commute on a daily basis for 2 years so have first hand experience of the journey the opposite way than described above. It is just as bad. The traffic starts to tail back in the mornings from the middle of the Fisheries in Tintwistle, past the old house on the right with the clock tower, past the park on the left (may be called etherow Country Park), all the way through hollingworth and up the steep hill towards mottram and the motorway. It is desperately needed. I would suggest that you see for yourself. Set off in a car at 7am from the other side of the a628 in Barnsley and try to get to Ashton-under-Lyne within an hour. You will find this journey takes you 90 minutes and half of it will be sat in traffic waiting to get up the hill towards mottram, from Tintwistle. Likewise, try leaving Manchester on a Friday night at 4.30 _ 5pm and get over the a628 towards Barnsley and the m1 and you will be queueing in traffic at the end of the m67 for about an hour until you reach hollingworth, where the traffic will get back to normal speed. I have seen some areas that are traffic niggtmares over the years and I must say this is high on the list as one of the worst. These words are 100% accurate. Do these journeys yourself at peak times if you don't belive me. Please get this bypass built, and quickly too. Thanks nigel