Representation by Robert Kenworthy
- Date submitted
- 14 September 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The Pennines need a second Motorway crossing especially in the winter. The M62 is not sufficient for serving England nowadays as a main link across the country. The M67 was always intended to be extended to the M1, with a tunnel under the Peak District. This second Motorway would link the towns and cities such as Doncaster, Sheffield, Rotherham etc with Manchester and Liverpool to improve trade and increase GDP. When the Woodhead is closed it is announced on French radio, so that tells you how much international and UK traffic is crossing over Woodhead. The villages of Mottram, Hollingworth and Tintwistle have had enough of the air pollution, noise and thundering of trucks every minute passing through. How would anyone like to have the equivalent of a full blown Motorway passing your front door every day? It is a health hazard as well as very dangerous to the local people. Please do something even if its just the Mottram by-pass for now with intentions of extending it at a later date. At least doing something like the Mottram by-pass now is better than what we have had over the last 50 years!!!