I’ve just spent an hour driving around Gatley, having compared notes with Cllr Pam King on the issues we’re aware of. The big issue right now is ice at the end of cul-de-sacs and some other low-traffic roads.  All the main roads and most through-residential roads are clear of ice (though some pavements are still [...]

UPDATE: There are eight gritters working around the clock on roads around Stockport Borough.  There’s a long list of roads needing their attention from Marple to Gatley, Reddish to Woodford.  I’ve got the roads off Pendlebury Road, around Silverdale  Road/Kendal Drive/Borrowdale in Gatley and around Brackenwood Drive in Cheadle added to the list.  The Council [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!  Between today and 3rd January I’ll be spending some time at home and some time visiting relatives around the country.  I will be checking email and voicemail so you’re welcome to give me a call or send me an email – just bear in mind that I [...]

I’ve been asked to post a list of roads being gritted.  This is the information I’ve received from the Council. I pass this on as-is. An Ice Grit to routes 1-10 starting at 19.00 to 00.01 then a Snow Grit to routes 1-10 starting at 01.00 to 07.00 Plus designated Car Parks , Footpaths and [...]

On Saturday I reported quite a few faulty lights around Cheadle and Gatley. To be honest, I wasn’t expected much to be done right away, with the bad weather and it being the week before Christmas. So I’m quite impressed that some have been fixed, including the Christmas star outside Barclays Bank  in Gatley (where [...]

As the Stockport Express reports: [Greater Manchester Police was] ranked either bottom or next to bottom in four national tables produced from the results of the annual British Crime Survey. The tables showed that the area suffered from a higher rate of so-called ‘acquisitive crime’ – which includes robbery, burglary and car crime – than [...]

Having spent perhaps more time than most out and about in the last two days, I thought I’d share what I’ve seen around our area in the way that Stockport’s responded to the snow (which, as I write, is falling heavily again). Please use the comments to share your experiences too. I was out at [...]

Another one where I don’t know the details, but I’ll be interested to find out. Greater Manchester has been designated the UK’s first Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) for the Built Environment the Government announced today. Ministers have been working with environment and economic chiefs in the city region to be named as the UK’s [...]

Here’s the announcement. Can’t say I know what it means – I’ve no idea precisely which powers are being devolved from central government to Greater Manchester, but I’ll be interested to find out. The ten local authorities in Greater Manchester have signed a groundbreaking deal, giving the area more powers and responsibilities devolved from central [...]

Here’s the message councillors have received about Stockport’s gritting from Solutions SK (the company wholly owned by Stockport Council which does these sorts of things): “Over the weekend we have been doing non stop gritting operations, using 440 tonnes of salt. Due to the road surface temperatures constantly remaining below freezing and frequent heavy snow [...]