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We need a bypass now
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The Mottram bypass (A57 to A628) and Glossop spur (A57) are the works being considered. The A628 and Mottram section of A57 carry more heavy goods vehicles than any other A road in the country. It...
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The A57 Link Road will relieve the very heavy traffic congestion that daily travels along the current A57. It will also give rise to improved air quality to all the surrounding area bordering the...
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I have lived in Mottram for 5 years. We need the bypass. Traffic is held up outside my house all the time, lots of air pollution from the standing ttraffic, not to mention the noise and then the...
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To experience the traffiç connection in Glossop demonstrates the urgent need for them by pass
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We have waited so long for a bypass - it must go ahead. The local traffic conditions are blighting peoples lives and a bypass would resolve a very long-standing congestion problem.
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Access to Greater Manchester and the motorway network west of Glossop is currently hindered by a severe bottleneck along the A57 particularly from Dinting to Mottram. This is further exacerbated where...
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We have been waiting decades for this bypass and in that time the village has seen a huge increase in the volume of traffic passing through it, especially with the countless number of houses being...
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I am in favour of the by-pass. The traffic is horredous at times. Sometimes getting out of Glossop can take 1.5 hours, and at times I have turned around and come home, missing appointments. Since...
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The delay on this proposed project has gone on far to long, Glossop has flourished with expansion of retail, industry and housing without the road facilities to accommodate the needs.
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Seriously, in this day and age how have no improvements been made to this notorious traffic hot-spot? It is known throughout the country - when someone askes you where you live and you tell them...
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Been needed for 50 years I lived in Glossop for over Twenty years and I have moved because of the nightmare of getting out of Glossop and reaching the M67. I can not understand why so short sighted...
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I live in Glossop and journeys take far longer than they should - both for work and pleasure. This is incredibly stressful and time consuming and wasting precious hours of our lives: time better spent...
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As someone who was born in Mottram more than 70 years ago I am aware of how long this process has been going on for and how badly it is needed. The traffic delays on Mottram Moor are intolerable and...
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I have lived in the area for over 50 years. I was aware of plans to build a bypass as a small boy. This road is long over due. I have been driving for over 30 years and I have seen quite roads turn...
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I lived in this area since 1984 during that before I retired travelling to work in Manchester for 31 years.This is probably the worst place for traffic I have ever experienced anywhere in my...
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With the continued building of new properties in the Glossopdale area is now more important than ever to ease the stain on our already struggling road network! Due to over population of the area the...
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Its been needed for 30 years plus. When I first moved to the area getting to the M67 took about 11/12 minutes. Now its 20 mins plus, can be much longer. Too many houses built in Glossopdale over the...
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Pre and post pandemic I have sat in stationary traffic on the M67 towards Glossop and then on Mottram Moor towards Manchester on my return. The air pollution caused by this unnecessary build up of...
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The Mottram Bypass & Glossop Spur Road is desperately needed. Getting out of Glossop by car towards Manchester is an ordeal with massive queues at all times of the day. Woolley Bridge is a particular...
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I have lived in the Gamesley area for 52 yrs now, so have seen the changes in the amount of traffic on local roads. House building has also increased enormously, and is still increasing by the day,...
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I lived in Glossop for 20years and the road infrastructure was outrageous. Back Moor was constantly blocked and I would travel through Hattersley, Gamesley and Charlesworth to get to and from my home...
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I fully support this application as it will reduce the congestion through Glossop.
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As a lifelong resident of Hadfield in Derbyshire, I would like to register my interest in this planning process. Most of my working life has included travel from Hadfield to Manchester and beyond so...
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Glossop is a dormitory town with very few facilities within the town. A huge amount of new houses have been built in this area over recent years with no improvements to the road system and this has...
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The new link road will provide a massive improvement to the quality of life for those living and travelling along the A57 through Mottram and Hollingworth. It would make it significantly easier and...
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The new bypass and spur are essential for the ongoing sustainability of the towns of Glossop and Hadfield. Both places are growing with extensive house building taking place and people need to be able...
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The plan for the Mottram bypass has been needed for many years. There is very heavy traffic on this road every day and very many heavy goods vehicles use this road. It must be a nightmare for the...
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The amount of heavy traffic is horrendous plus the fumes which must affect the people living so close to the road.
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Please just get it started to stop the ongoing misery for 1000's of commuters evry working day. Kind regards Kevin
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The traffic levels around Mottram seem to get worse year on year. The bypass is long overdue. It would help companies fulfill their deliveries quicker and make the roads safer for the people who live...
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This is one of the most important road improvements to help congestion in the Area that connects the High Peak to the Stockport & Manchester areas where most of the people from the Glossop over to...
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Waited too long for this and Brookfield spur fed up as are most people of excuses from people out side of our area and to find labour mps and professional protestors makes me sick to the stomach to...
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I can't believe that the proposed bypass is in jeopardy again. Traffic problems in this area are getting worse. More houses being worse. Local transport systems are inadequate, therefore cars are...
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This bypass is desperately needed. Houses are gong up at speed in the area, however the roads cannot cope with current traffic levels. Queues, not just at rush hours often form right through Glossop...
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I as a resident in Hadfield, that travels out of the area for work & pleasure. Finds it frustrating that no matter what time of the day it is, still stuck in traffic on a regular basis. Mottram moor...
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The traffic congestion through Glossop mottram and surrounding areas is ridiculous. Waiting/travelling times getting worse to access the motorway m67. We’ve been promised the relief road for as long...
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-noisy traffic with lorries shaking the house as they pass. -traffic sitting in a queue giving off fumes which are no good for people's health. Some days it hangs in the air and is awful. - queuing to...
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I wish to register my support for the A57 link roads scheme
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I live [redacted] in Mottram since 1982 and the traffic now to what it was then even though back then was horrendous is beyond that way beyond i can count 30 plus lorries in the traffic most days,...
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I am a hadfield resident and travel through mottram everyday,via the bottleneck at woollybridge which is conjested with lorries which take up the whole bridge,the spur would remove traffic into and...
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I have lived in Glossop all my life (70 yrs) and from being a small town with 17,000 folks it is now bursting at the seams.....the roads leading into and out of the town are gridlocked from 05.45 to...
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This route has been heavily used for at least 50 years above its original carrying capacity.It has places where the unwary have come to grief. It is the first alternative for many vehicles including...
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We desperately need this bypass to make it safer for all who live in this area. We need to reduce significantly the amount of traffic, travel time & pollution. The traffic can add an hour each way for...
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Having lived in Mottram for 23yrs, I cant understand why the bypass has not been built 20yrs ago. I cant get out of my estate because of traffic and feel we are held to ransom because of the traffic....
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I want the bypass to be built, however I only consider this part to be Part 1, as the bypass needs to then be built for around Hollingworth and Tintwistle.
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Living in the village of Mottram for 27 years I have seen the traffic increase so much. This causes very poor air pollution, traffic is daily queuing right outside my home. It’s not pleasant to sit in...
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I fully support the Mottram by pass and Glossop spur road as it will reduce the amount of traffic through Hadfield and Glossop on roads that were built for horse and carts not the heavy traffic it has...
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I live in Glossop and every journey towards Manchester has the potential to be at least half an hour longer than it needs to be, just to allow time for getting out of Glossop to the west. The bypass...
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I fully support the Mottramf bypass project. The A57 and Woodhead pass serve as vital cross Pennine links and it is quite incredible that road communication between two major cities,namely Sheffield...
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As a resident of this locality since 1967, I am sick and tired of the continual procrastination concerning this project. The current infrastructure is totally inadequate for 21st century traffic, and...
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I am in favour of the bypass as it will reduce stationary traffic on the M67 eastbound during rush hour. It will also improve the traffic flow through Mottram and Glossop
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It is vital for Hollingworth and the whole Glossop area this road gets Built, the population has increased and more houses planed And given the amount of through traffic, the economy benefits Will pay...
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The traffic situation in the north of our area is appalling and it is vital that the relief road goes ahead.
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Having lived & commuted from Glossop for over 20 year, I know the issues which the proposals are aimed at improving During peak times this area becomes a car park, and even during the day there can be...
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I wish to confirm my support for the A57 Link road development. Currently serious traffic congestion happens around Woolley Bridge roundabout, Mottram Moor, Mottram lights and through to the M67. This...
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This is a much needed and long overdue bypass which will make a vast difference to quality of life for those living around it and to travel times for those of us using it.
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I believe that the bypass will improve the communications for all the surrounding areas. I consider that the bypass is a benefit to Glossop and the surrounding area.
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People who object don’t have to sit in heavy traffic on a Dailey basis, they don’t even live in the area and have nothing to do but jump on the bandwagon of objectors.
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I support the Mottram Bypass & Glossop Spur Road being built. Traffic is currently a nightmare and this will make it easier and quicker to get out of Hadfield and Glossop and onto the M67. It would...
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As a local resident I constantly struggle with the Glossop Traffic situation. There seems to be no uniform pattern to it, I can leave the house at a certain time one day and get to my destination at...
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The existing road is too small for the volume of traffic that travels both across the Pennines and to the town of Glossop and the neighbouring villages. Commuting to work in the towns of eastern...
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I have been completing surveys such as this since 1981 when I moved to Tintwistle ie forty years ago. At that time the local residents had been agitating for a proper bypass for some years. Whenever...
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The section of roadway, from the end of the M67 to the traffic lights at the bottom of Mottram Moor, is the worst chokepoint on the whole Woodhead trans-Pennine route. It also carries local traffic...
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I have lived in Padfield many years, and , observed the traffic situation getting to a a point of grid lock. For many years I commuted by by car into Manchester, and what a first was a journey of...
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The congestion must be eased. I use this route for business and it is a significant obstacle to business growth. Please approve the road improvement scheme
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The proposed bypass has been needed for over 30 years. Pollution and manhours lost due to the backlogs is incalculable. It is time to get the bypass built and improve this vital cross Pennine route
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As a local person regularly using roads in the area covered by this proposal I strongly support the proposal as outlined.It will ease flow of traffic, improve safety,and much needed commerce. I see it...
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My family and I have lived in Glossop for 42 years. The By-Pass (in it's various forms) had been proposed and promised long before then. I spent my entire working life since then travelling to and...
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Traffic flow from the east end of the M67 is appalling. Long queues form on a daily basis that back up from the Gunn Inn at the bottom of Mottram Moor all the way to and on to the M67. Traffic fumes...
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I have been a resident of Mottram for over two years, and own a period property metres away from the very busy interchange of Stalybridge Road and Market Street/Mottram Rise. Over the years, houses...
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Traffic traveling up Mottram Moor towards the M67 and Manchester has been horrendously congested for years and is getting worse. This causes traffic to tail back along the A57 and through Glossop,...
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ON moving to Glossopdale in the mid 1970's, it was pleasing to hear that a new bypass was being planned. I never thought that over 40 years later, I would be signing yet another petition for this...
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Mottram area up the moor is always slow going, due to weight of traffic and periods when it stops and backs up due to knock on effects from the traffic lights at Mottram cross roads. The scheme would...
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This proposal will prevent the loss of millions of working hours each year. Every weekday radio programmes mention queuing traffic and delays in the area causing people to be late for work. The...
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This bypass is essential for the local community to be able to access and egress the local area without sitting in a queue particularly during rush hour. Emergency vehicles struggle at all times which...
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THIS IS NOT, I REPEAT, NOT, A BYPASS. THE ONLY THINGS AT MOTTRAM OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE ARE A POST OFFICE, A CHEMIST, AND A SET OF ORDINARY SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS. SO STOP TRYING TO 'SELL' IT, AS A...
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We need the bypass as the traffic is so heavy all the time and it impacts on everything you do. It will be very sad if it doesn’t happen
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I fully support the bypass proposal
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The TransPennine upgrade must go ahead as the people of the local community have suffered enough ever since the exit of the M1 stupidly opened to allow traffic over the woodhead pass without the...
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I fully support the urgent need for the bypass here are my reasons It is at times horrendous getting out of Glossop due to the volume of traffic GThere are hundreds if not thousands of new houses...
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I'm in favour of the bypass being built as soon as possible. Having lived on [redacted], Charlesworth for the last five years, I am horrified by the increase in traffic that has occurred over this...
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I have read and support the cause mentioned herein.
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I travel frequently to the North West from my home in the High Peak using the A57. Regardless of time of day the road is often congested and obviously in peak time significantly so. Whilst this is...
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I write in support of the proposed Mottram Bypass scheme together with the Glossop Spur. It's essential as a means of reducing the slow queuing traffic generated by the Mottram Moor bottleneck....
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This relief road proposal has been the source of much debate for the 35 years that I have lived in Glossop. There is no doubt that the road will provide much needed infrastructure improvement for the...
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This needs to be built asap, hopefully with the Tintwistle bypass to follow. As a glossop resident the traffic is now reaching intolerable levels. We need this now. If this was in the south it would...
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The history of this project is well known so need not be repeated here. Simply, the traffic situation along the A57 from Glossop to Mottram traffic lights is intolerable both in the time it takes to...
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We desperately need the bypass. The heavy constant traffic impacts on everything you do.
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I am writing this message as I am in favour of the bypass. This upgrade to the local road infrastructure has been delayed for too long now and needs to be started as soon as possible. There are...
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Glossop desperately needs the bypass, traffic volumes are only increasing due to more houses being built, it will improve air quality vastly too not to mention the inbound and outbound daily slog for...
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I am in support of the bypass because I regularly travel over the snake pass and through Glossop which is always a very slow journey until reaching the M67. A bypass would drastically improve the...
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Having been born and lived in Glossop all my life (85 years) I was queuing on Mottram Moor 60 years ago. Even then people thought a bypass was a desirable method of dealing with traffic problems....
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Glossop is in desperate need for this bypass. The town continues to grow in population and the traffic situation out of Glossop has been terrible for decades. Glossop is notorious for its awful...
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The local village roads are excessively congested . The exhaust fumes are a danger to health The heavy lorries are causing deterioration of property along the present route All roads in this area are...
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With all the houses being built in Glossop, trying to get out of Glossop will be almost impossible,you might as well build a wall instead, this road is 50 years too late
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I completely support the bypass as it will improve all our lives being able to come and go from Glossop without being constantly stuck in traffic. My husband and I commute together to Manchester which...
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This bypass has been sorely needed for ages. I am surprised that any supposed representative of local people should think otherwise. I am very concerned about the opposition of some local politicians...
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This is a significant route between Sheffield and Manchester. The route is required for the following key reasons: * To relive congestion * To improve the environment, resutling from the congestion *...
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The case for the Mottram bypass and Glossop spur is irrefutable. It must go ahead if the people who live in the surrounding vicinity can travel in and out of Glossop with fewer hours in the day of...
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