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by Lib Dem team on 6 January, 2010
I’m back home after a couple of hours driving around Cheadle & Gatley to see how conditions are. I made a point of visiting residential roads and spoke to quite a few people on the way.
Summary
In a bit more detail
The roads I’ve driven or walked along today include in Cheadle:
Richmond Hill Road, Wensley Road, Marchbank Drive, Wensleydale Avenue, Airedale Close, Aysgarth Avenue, Oak Road, Oakfield Avenue, Brookfield Road, Broadway, Barcheston Road, Daylesford Road, Schools Hill, Grange Park Road, Brackenwood Drive, Mary Street, Lime Grove, Hall Street, Church Street,
In Gatley:
Firs Road, Linksway, Elm Road, Cedar Road, Burnside Road, Beech Avenue, Brookdale Road, Dingle Grove, Lorna Grove, Old Hall Road, Pendlebury Road, Frances Avenue, Springfield Road, Foxland Road, Delemere Road,Appleby Road, Gainford Avenue, Borrowdale Road, Ennerdale Drive, Kendal Drive, Eskdale, Langdale Close, Cartmel Close and St Anns Road North.
I’m happy the Council has cleared all the main roads and is doing a good job on the pavements in central areas. I’m very pleased that many (though not all) of the steeper slopes on residential roads have been cleared.
All the grit bins I’ve checked have been empty, which is a concern I’ll be speaking to the Council about. There are a few roads with significant slopes which could do with special attention too.
GMPTE Public Transport Information Alert
Please note this information was posted on GMPTE’s website at 0830.
6 January 2010
Severe weather update (0830)
GMPTE is advising passengers to expect further disruptions to bus and tram services today due to the ongoing severe weather conditions.
Passengers should allow extra time for journeys and use main roads to access bus services.
A list of current known service information is available below. Passengers are also advised to check www.stagecoachbus.com and www.firstgroup.com for service updates.
All Metrolink services are running to Piccadilly every 12 minutes. Passengers are advised to check www.metrolink.co.uk for the latest service information.
Rail passengers are advised to check www.nationalrail.co.uk for service updates before travelling.
For the latest advice from Greater Manchester Police, log on to www.gmp.police.uk.
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Try visiting the roads off Old Hall Road – traffic was not getting along Cambridge Road yesterday.
I posted a comment about Eskdale on 4th January. You say that you are glad to see that kendal has been gritted.Kendal Rd hill by the highgrove shops end has been gritted by the residents but only there, the gritbin is now empty, but the other side of kendal is like an icerink and eskdale cant be driven up. they still haven’t put the grit box back. I think it is a disgrace we all pay our council tax but the council is not providing the correct service, they should not be removing grit bins from areas where there are hills, it is obvious that when winter arrives they will be needed.
I agree with your concerns – I’ll be asking about getting more grit bins for next year. The grit bins are getting emptied very quickly when they’re refilled and I’m not sure what we can do about that.
I’ve asked the Council if they can grit the hill at the end of Eskdale. To be fair to the Council, they need to concentrate on the main routes – as every local authority in the country is doing – and Stockport is doing better than most from what I’ve been able to find out.