Representation by Alison Roberts
- Date submitted
- 16 September 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The proposed bypass A57 Links road, will only force more traffic to the Glossop area on the current A57. The congestion all the way from Glossop has increased 10 fold in the last 5 years. It also does not address the villages of Hollingworth and Tintwistle, it will still force heavy weight vehicles and traffic through these villages. They are dangerous and huge polluters. Currently, during evening rush hour East bound traffic is backing up from past New Road all the way to the M67...this will not change. I live on New Road which is becoming more dangerous each day, due to HGVs coming off the Woodhead Road to avoid the delays ahead, again the proposed bypass will not remove this. The simplest and most cost effective way to deal with the volume of traffic and levels of pollution, is to introduce a weight limit from The Gunn Inn (access only excluded) ensuring all HGVs and larger vehicles use the M62 as a trans pennine route. Anyone living here will know how bad the situation is and how disappointing it was to find out the bypass would no longer include Tintwistle. Thank you