Representation by Marilyn James
- Date submitted
- 23 August 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Currently there are only two ways in or out of the glossop area, one at broad bottom and one at woolley bridge. Both of these routes only support one way traffic. Since 1971 when I moved into the area there has been an ongoing attempt to get a badly needed bypass and the problem has just got worse and worse and worse. Crossing the road in the middle of Charlesworth, one takes ones life into ones hands, quite literally. More and more houses are being built in the area and all of these houses will have two or more vehicles. The air quality is rapidly deteriorating. I have developed pulmonary fibrosis and I know of several people in the area who also have the disease. This is only going to put more pressure on our over worked health service. It is vital that no more time is wasted in getting the bypass built. many people have been campaigning for over 50 years for this by-pass. this indicates how important they all feel it is. The traffic at rush hours particularly is horrendous and villages like charlesworth are losing their village character due to the excess traffic which passes through them. Public transport is very poor and unreliable and this forces people to use their own cars to get from A to B. Air quality is poor and getting worse due to the fumes from cars being held up by the the one way system at Broadbottom and Woolley Bridge.