Local residents are overwhelmingly in favour of the new A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road, with seven times more people supporting the road than opposing it. Working with Cheshire East and Manchester, Stockport Council sent out over 85,000 consultation surveys on the various options for the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road. In addition, the […]

The Government has announced that the High Speed 2 (HS2) train service will come to Manchester, with a station at Manchester Airport and Piccadilly. We warmly welcome this development.  While journalists tend to throw around journey times (which will get shorter) the real issue is capacity.  The existing West Coast Main Line train route will […]

The 300 bus – or Metroshuttle service – runs around Stockport Town Centre every 12 minutes. Jump on the bus at any stop – stay on as long as you like and take it as many times as you like. The service is completely free, there for your convenience to get you around the town.

The SEMMMS website now includes 3D visualisations allowing you to see what it would be like to drive along the proposed A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road in each direction. And driving in the other direction….

The Lib Dems have for some years been working on improving the Kingsway junction – built back in 1959, far too small by modern standards and one of the busiest junctions in Greater Manchester. The left-turn lane from Gatley made a difference.  The new slip road off the motorway, and the timing change at the […]

Local Link is the bus service open to all that will pick you up from your door and take you to either Gatley or Heald Green village centres. Here’s more information how Local Link works and how to book your trip. Local Link has previously covered everything in Gatley and Heald Green between Kingsway and […]

A common request we get as councillors is for a speed camera on a particular road. Residents often argue – not unreasonably – that speed cameras will slow down the traffic and the money it costs to put the camera in will be more than made up from the fines. We thought it was a […]

For the last few months, Network Rail and Norther Rail’s contractors have been building a new ramp at Heald Green Station on the Manchester Aiport line – and very nice it is too. The ramp’s finished, but if you go along, you’ll see the entrance is still fenced off. Why? Well, if you’re going to […]

We’ve got agreement from the Highways Agency not only to improve the sliproad from Junction 3 of the M60 onto Kingsway, but also to change the timing of the Kingsway lights and make it quicker for people to turn right from Cheadle and Gatley. The slip road work is in two phases.  The first part […]

The Government has announced a £9 billion investment in railway infrastructure across the country. Part of that is £322 million for the “Northern Hub” – a collection of schemes including: building the Ordsall Chord, which will allow trains to go directly between Manchester Picadilly and Manchester Victoria stations major refurbishment to Manchester Victoria station electrification […]