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  • Andrew Webber

    I am opposed to this scheme as it will require the destruction of local countryside and will lead to increased volumes of traffic through the Peak District National Park. We should be aiming to reduce... Read more

  • John Pasiecznik

    I strongly oppose this proposed "half-a-bypass", as I suspect most other people in Glossopdale who responded to the latest (of many) public consultations in 2020 also do. If built, this wholly... Read more

  • Peter Allen

    I believe the proposed road scheme will increase traffic rather than decrease it and will contribute to higher carbon emissions at a time when carbon emissions need to be cut drastically. Increased... Read more

  • Andrew Tickle

    In outline, I believe that the application should be refused on the grounds that it will not provide a sufficient balance of benefits (for the few) over a series of significant impacts (for the many).... Read more

  • Emma Kane

    I would like to raise some concern about £8-10 billion being spent almost exclusively on more accessibility and access for car use. The area lacks any significant paths for pedestrians of cyclists... Read more

  • Adam Rossi

    The people of Glossop, Hollingworth and Tintwistle have suffered long enough with out traffick from out of the area having a massive negative impact on day to life in the area. Whilst other areas such... Read more

  • Adrian Lyne

    I am 76 years old and have lived in Glossop all my life. Fifty years ago I worked in Rochdale and traveled daily in the car. At the time it took 30 minutes to get to the top of Mottram moor. Since... Read more

  • Alan Seel

    Over the years I have lived in Hadfield I have spent hours either queuing up Mottram Moor A57 westbound or on the M67 eastbound to travel in and out of the Longdendale Valley. The bypass was first... Read more

  • Allen Cooke

    This project has been promised for more years than I can remember and cannot be completed soon enough ! The constant traffic build up and negative affects on many communities for miles around cannot... Read more

  • Andrew Barker

    as a hadfield resident we urgently need the bypass building, the constant traffic and pollution it causes is ridiculous.

  • Andrew Mannix

    Please get on and build this bypass as soon as possible.

  • Andrew Payne

    I am in favour of the building of Mottram Bypass. Living close to the Chapel-en-le-Frith Bypass I have experienced the many benefits that such a scheme brings to the local community. I am in favour of... Read more

  • Ann Oliver

    I have travelled through Mottram for over 50 years and am frustrated by the congestion and delays at the traffic lights and on the M57. Queuing traffic is bad for the environment. It is high time the... Read more

  • Annette Scullion

    There have been hundreds of houses built in the Glossop area with many more being built. most of the roads were built in Victorian times if not before, and cannot cope with the level of traffic. The... Read more

  • Anthony Coar

    I frequently need to travel through Glossop and Mottram to reach the M67. The current main route is far too congested and usually means that I have to sit in traffic breathing in fumes or find another... Read more

  • Anthony Gadsby-Mace

    Heavy traffic through Glossop Heavy traffic in and out of Glossop

  • Anthony Hannan

    Building this bypass is essential with less traffic because at the moment it’s ridiculous and isn’t good for the environment and also dangerous with local schools on this hugely busy road. The sooner... Read more

  • Anthony Holt

    The Mottram Bypass(A57 link road plan) really must go ahead to alleviate the traffic problems that have been building up for 50 years. It is astonishing that outsiders (those who are not really... Read more

  • Anthony Patrick Roper

    The bypas is essential not only to relieve the Mottram hill traffic but also the traffic on minor roads (Simmondley Lane and High lane to Charlesworth) which is used as a rat run to avoid the jams. It... Read more

  • Barry Burney

    Please consider the fact that this bypass was first actioned fifty years ago. Had the bypass been constructed then at a much reduced cost we could of had the original plan which would’ve bypassed the... Read more

  • Brenda Cooke

    Glossop lies between two major cities, Sheffield and Manchester. Commuters and heavy goods vehicles use the Woodhead Pass and the Snake pass as routes between the two cities. The volume of traffic has... Read more

  • Brian Johnson

    I am in favour of this proposal and have been for the past 50 odd years the congestion through Mottram as been a nightmare for longer than I can remember. If this project had been done when it was... Read more

  • Brian Moorhouse

    The Mottram Bypass is needed to ease the congestion on that particular route but Aid neighbouring routes across the Pennines. This will improve the quality of the air for the many small habitations... Read more

  • Callum Convery

    The building of a bypass to reduce the constant traffic build up from Hadfield to the M67 is vital. The reduction in traffic will allow for local services to be reached in quicker times when... Read more

  • Carl Askham

    This has been rumbling on for the whole of the last 30 years I’ve lived here and for many more before according to old friends and acquaintances! It will never happen!! Complete waste of time and... Read more

  • Chris Howarth

    I have used this road for 55 years & personally must have wasted many hours stuck in traffic jams trying to get through Mottram. Many hundreds of hours must be wasted daily, not to mention the fuel... Read more

  • Chris Naughton

    We need to make sure the Mottram bypass happens as it will liberate the lives and homes and transport links for our area. The weight of outward traffic towards Sheffield passing through our area is... Read more

  • Chris Nelson

    The A57 link road is an essential upgrade, that should have been built many years ago. Although, it is not going to include Tintwistle and Hollingworth, it will take pressure off the roads around... Read more

  • Chris wood

    Complete the bypass

  • Christopher Bolton

    Traffic congestion in the villages of Mottram, Hollingworth and Tintwistle is a considerable health hazard. That a solution has dragged on for more than 40 years is a disgrace. With regard to the... Read more

  • Christopher Vincent Halpin

    Mottram bypass and Glossop spur Road is essential to us who live in and travel from Glossop

  • Clive Easteal

    The bypass is well overdue. The amount of heavy goods using the current road creates considerable environmental hazards to residents. The Mottram and Glossopdale areas have increase traffic that due... Read more

  • Colin Cram

    1. The queueing traffic that exists for much of the day creates a huge amount of noxious fumes and CO2. The fumes will be poisoning the surrounding areas. 2. Good transport is essential for economic... Read more

  • Dave Burton

    Stationary traffic mornings and evenings and tail backs from Mottram traffic lights cause air and noise pollution. Public transport times are badly affected due to traffic hold ups. Driving out of the... Read more

  • David Blood

    The traffic issues for local residents are terrible, the infrastructure cannot cope with the amount of vehicles. This bypass has been long overdue and has been a failing by both the local and national... Read more

  • David Jones

    The volume of traffic, especially heavy goods, has steadily increased over the past ten years. Accidents appear higher than average on the Woodhead Pass route, and pedestrians are frequently at risk... Read more

  • David O N James

    This project is needed in order to alleviate severe traffic congestion and improve air quality This project is badly needed to relief both significant traffic delays and congestion and the associated... Read more

  • David Pegg

    I am fed up of the traffic all around the Glossop area.

  • David Roberts

    I am happy with the project. I am NOT happy that the roadway opposite my house is elevated and no in a cutting. I am NOT happy about only traffic calming on Woolley Lane , this needs a weight limit... Read more

  • David Wade

    I was born & raised in this area. Had various houses in & around mottram etc. Since moved out of the area around 10 years ago (albeit not too far), & the realisation of how much the traffic, morning &... Read more

  • Dean Owen

    I would like to say that I fully support the Mottram Bypass & Glossop Spur Road being built. As a local resident and someone who uses this section of road regularly for commuting, I can say that it... Read more

  • Denys G Froehlich

    I have lived here all my life. All my life a bypass has been required. I have spent a great deal of my life sat in traffic trying to get out of this valley. I do not have a great amount left and I... Read more

  • Derek James Dyson

    After many years of traffic flow problems in Glossop, I feel the link rod would be a great asset.

  • Derek O’Brien

    This is a vital, long overdue road development. It beggars belief that this section has not been completed years ago. 20+ years ago I regularly used the section that snarls from the M60 to the A628... Read more

  • Diane Allcock

    This area needs a bypass, the traffic problem is terrible and will only get worse as the population and house building increases, it is so needed

  • Dino Hudson

    Please we need a full bypass to protect our village. The air pollution and traffic danger is too much for us.

  • Dominic O'Grady

    The traffic situation is dreadful. We have lived for many years with gridlocked traffic on Mottram moor. I hope this bypass will alleviate it to a tolerable level.

  • Donna Williams

    I would consent to the bypass to improve my commute time to Manchester each day for work, hopefully the bypass will improve the traffic on mottram more and glossop

  • Dr L Edwards

    This has dragged on for years. The traffic issues have worsened as more and more housing is thrown up in and around Glossop. The situation is simply ridiculous as the population soars while... Read more

  • Edward Ridgley

    Over the last 40 years the population and car ownership has risen sharply but the infrastructure 'roads' has not. Further to this public transport has deteriorated. This combination has had a adverse... Read more

  • Eric Eaton

    The A628 Woodhead Pass has long been the M62 alternative to cross the Pennines carrying many tons of freight and vehicles to support the Northern trade infrastructure. Unfortunately the traffic passes... Read more

  • Eric G D Parker

    I have lived in Hadfield for about 40 years. For a large part of that I had to commute through Hollingworth and Mottram. There was talk of a Mottram bypass when I first started that crawl to & from... Read more

  • Eric Hilton

    We NEED this bypass - if you lived in Glossop and travelled out and back during the week - you would feel the same - its long long long overdue !,

  • Fountain Bathrooms (Fountain Bathrooms)

    Congestion is appalling, the constant desire for more new housing in Glossop and area is putting an impossible strain on the road infrastructure , the schooling and other amenities such as sewage ,... Read more

  • Gail Jeanette Haycock

    This road is very much needed to make the local area safer for the villages of Hollingworth and Mottram.

  • George Peck

    I have the problem of using A57 mottram moor for 60 + Yes whilst various properties have acquire d In other to build a bypass all to no avail ,instead more property is built in and around Glossop... Read more

  • Gillian Shaw

    I fully understand the reason for the bypass and give my support. The traffic in end out of Glossop is congested and travel to work means setting off early and getting home very late. This has an... Read more

  • Gordon Phillips

    Traffic problems have increased so travelling is horrendous.

  • Graham Cox

    In 1972 /73 they built the Denton/Hyde bypass can we finally have it finished My copd is so bad due to the pollution that I'm thinking of moving after 40+ living here

  • Grahame Parsons

    My representation main points are: 1. Currently the traffic flow between the end of the M67 and Mottram and beyond is absolutely abysmal for commuters in both directions causing major regular hold-ups... Read more

  • Gwyn Pritchard-Williams

    The current route is major bottleneck and needs alleviation The delays up Mottram Moore are notious and have been for many years so I cannot understand the logic of opposing the by-pass

  • Heather Sheridan

    I support the bypass. Having lived in the area for many years and having had to sit traffic jams and the subsequent car pollution on a daily basis in order to get to and from work the bypass is... Read more

  • High Peak Steels Ltd (High Peak Steels Ltd)

    I support the application, the town has been crying out for a bypass, my company runs 8 trucks out of Glossop and have to leave 1 hour earlier every day to guarantee getting to their first drop on... Read more

  • James Hawthorn Wylie

    This needs to happen now. I moved here in 2000 and the bypass was then desperately needed. The need has only become more evident with higher through traffic volumes plus local traffic volume increases... Read more

  • Jane Kelly

    We desperately need the bypass for the people of Glossop. The traffic is heavily congested getting in and out of Glossop and it’s causes lots of problems for the local people getting to work and... Read more

  • Janice Margaret Zielinski

    I am a resident living [redacted], we struggle with the congestion and pollution daily. Yes I support the bypass

  • Jason Lester

    [redacted] the amount of traffic going and coming out of Glossop is ridiculous. The roads are just not able to cope with the amount. Also the pollution being omitted from traffic is causing health... Read more

  • Jean Kitching

    We desperately need this bypass. If Glossop is to expand and thrive the infrastructure needs to be upgraded. I am fed up sitting in traffic and queuing for over 40 mins to get home. The pollution is... Read more

  • Jean Simcock

    This bypass has been needed and promised for a number of years now. If you work in Manchester you need to leave home before 7am to arrive at work for 9.00. Public transport is practically non existent... Read more

  • Jeffrey White

    I consider the A57 Link Roads planned are essential to ease the horrendous daily congestion through Mottram and enable am improved traffic flow to and from Glossop to the Motorway. There must be... Read more

  • Jennifer Littlewood

    I support the Mottram Bypass. Lifelong user of this road and have seen over 40 years the traffic get worse and bigger and dirtier and noisier. Action is needed now. I am in firm support for the... Read more

  • Jennifer Nelstrop

    Currently the considerable queuing leads to considerable pollution and nuisance over a considerable area. A by pass would greatly reduce the overall environmental impact and pollution.

  • Jenny Morris

    I can't believe we are being asked this yet again. I have been waiting for this bypass for the majority of my adult life. I am now almost 58 years old and suspect I will be dead before central govt... Read more

  • Jo Galvin

    We are in desperately need to have the by pass We have been in desperate need of this bypass for years and over the years our traffic problems have substantially increased. Now at last we have a real... Read more

  • Joan Carr

    The bypass will improve local traffic and the pollution rates that come with excessive traffic. Also, transport links in and out of Glossop via road will be more reliable. Combined with the likely... Read more

  • Joan Joyce

    I agree with the plan for the Mottram Bypass and Glossop Spur Road. I am 70 years old and have seen the traffic increase over the past 50 years. It is time to try and sort this problem of traffic jams... Read more

  • Joe Cuddy

    I fully support the building of the proposed bypass due to the mind numbing time it takes to get back to my home in Glossop. Today 20/08/2021 I travelled back from the lake district, it took just over... Read more

  • John Acton

    Glossopdale is an isolated number of villages & a town that has been cut off from its main centre of commerse, Greater Manchester, by the A57 which has been inadequate for approx 60 years.The traffick... Read more

  • John Kappes

    A bypass for Glossop, Woolly Bridge is of the utmost importance to relieve the congestion on the road. For too long residents have had to endure pollution from standing traffic and over long car... Read more

  • John Powell

    Quicker the bypass is built the better glossop we be owing that there are a lot of houses going up in Glossopdale We desperately need the bypass

  • John Scampion

    I have used this road to travel to work in Manchester and to visit friends and relatives there. It is a nightmare and sometimes to avoid it I drive miles out of my way. I fully support this proposal.

  • John White

    Glossop has massively outgrown its capacity to allow its residents to move around the town. Houses keep going up, more people come to live here and the town is becoming gridlocked with cars almost... Read more

  • John Wrigh

    The By Pass is necessary to alleviate the congestion around Mottram Moor and Brookdale It’s necessary for the environment cutting pollution

  • Joyce Pegg

    There's too much traffic and too many new builds for the roads. The traffic in glossop is horrendous and getting worse. There are more than a hundred neww houses planned opposite dining railway... Read more

  • Julian Bartolomeo

    Please let's get it done. It can sometimes take 2 hours to get from Glossop to Ashton due to traffic

  • Karen Parker

    Glossop is a lovely town but the feeder roads into it are blocked by traffic going from Sheffield to Manchester over the Woodhead pass, especially HGV lorries which should not be allowed. ( they... Read more

  • Karen Woodward

    Families have been waiting for this for decades In the meantime the traffic has got worse no matter what time you try & drive out of glossop you have to queue up mottram more which creates massive... Read more

  • Kathryn Barnes

    I live near Mottram and a bypass is needed to many lorry’s and trucks all Week all day

  • Kay Hearsum

    Glossop has waited over 60 years for this bypass to go ahead and with all the extra houses being built in the area roads are busier than ever with backed up traffic and congestion. I really hope that... Read more

  • Kay Taylor

    I have been using this route for nearly 50 years, on and off, and I dread it. I have wasted countless hours stuck in barely moving traffic trying to get on and off the Mottram end of the M67, and then... Read more

  • Keith Bolton

    I have lived in the area for over 40 years (Mottram and Glossop) and have a long experience of the traffic problems at the end of the M67, and before the motorway was built in travelling through Hyde... Read more

  • Keith R Smart

    For many decades, the traffic congestion getting in and out of Glossop has been horrendous, and is getting worse, year on year. Much needed homes are being built in the area, but with them of course... Read more

  • Keith Walker

    This by pass is long overdue. More and more houses are being built in the area without updating the road structure. There are only 3 small bridges giving access to Glossop and heaven forbid the main... Read more

  • Kerry Morris

    In favour of spur and bypass. Anything to reduce the congestion when a whole valley of comuters tries to cross a single mini roundabout and bridge every morning.

  • Kieran Marshall

    I agree to the bypass as it will help traffic flow massively through Glossop in and out it’s been busy for far to long

  • Lee Coffey

    I am in full support of the bypass being built to ease congestion in the local area. The bypass has needed building for decades and with the current and future housing developments planned the people... Read more

  • Leigh Hughes

    The M67 should never have been allowed to terminate where it meets the A57, north of Hattersley. Traffic coming off the motorway joins the flow on the A-road heading towards Glossop, which must pass... Read more

  • Levi Haden-Lubeck

    Dear Sir / madam, With regards to the urgently needed Glossop / Mottram Bypass, as a local of the area, for the entirety of my life our local roads have been clogged and crippled by the sheer volume... Read more

  • Louise Isherwood

    I sit in awful traffic everyday, I was born here and lived her all my Life. It’s ok for labour to challenge this but perhaps they need to spend an hour every time they want to leave the area and then... Read more

  • Mags Baron

    This link road HAS to go ahead. I have worked outside the Glossop area for over 30 years and have wasted well over a year of my life trying to get into and out of Glossop , not just at peak times but... Read more