Decision

The Cabinet Member for Parks, Highways & Transport Services has considered a report outlining that the council had secured funding to develop a Quality Bus Transit (QBT) corridor, aiming to make travel quicker and easier for bus passengers in Stockport. This initiative was being developed in collaboration with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and was funded by the government's City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS). The project was part of a major investment spanning the entire 330 bus route connecting Stockport to Ashton via Hyde and Dukinfield, which would see enhancements to bus stops, junctions, crossings, and access points.

It was noted that ‘Scheme E – Stockport Road East, Bredbury’ relating to the provision of an improved traffic light junction at the junction of Stockport Road East, George Lane and Redhouse Lane; the removal of the existing westbound cycle lane on Hyde Road between the left turn lane and the ahead lane; the provision of cycling and walking links across the green space located to the southeast of this junction; and the introduction of ‘No Waiting At Any Time’ parking restrictions along Stockport Road East ad been considered and recommended for approval by the Wernetht Area Committee at its meeting on 29 July 2024, however since that date it had been necessary to make some minor amendments to the proposed schedule of traffic regulation orders as a result of detailed design changes.

The Cabinet Member Parks, Highways & Transport Services has then given approval to the proposed ‘Scheme E – Stockport Road East, Bredbury’ scheme as detailed in the report, and to the legal advertising of the associated package of traffic regulation orders as detailed in the revised schedule of orders attached to the report and, subject to the receipt of no objections within 21 days of the advertisement date, the subsequent making of the orders.

Alternative options considered

Other options were considered, but those contained within the scheme and TROs were considered to be the most appropriate.