Town centre roadworks may take a month to finish

Roadworks in a busy town centre may not be completed until the end of March, residents have been warned.

Aimed at providing better links between Stockport Interchange and other parts of the town centre, a new traffic light-controlled crossing is being built for pedestrians and cyclists on Wellington Road, between Viaduct Park and the Hat Works museum.

The work, which started in January, has required the narrowing of lanes on the A6.

Stockport Council said it expected the new crossing to be ready by the end of the month.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service also said Daw Bank would close in both directions between the Exchange Street and Mersey Square junctions from 12-30 March.

For new railings to be installed on the A6 viaduct parapet, scaffolding must first be erected.

The higher railings will mean cyclists can use new sections of a shared footway and cycleway on the approaches to the new town-centre crossing.

Signed diversion routes for vehicles and cyclists will be displayed around the Daw Bank closure.

The council said the roadworks had been carefully planned to minimise disruption.

It also said it had been working with Transport for Greater Manchester to plan bus service diversions on the A6 and Daw Bank.

Other planned works under Stockport's £15m A6 Corridor scheme include creating new cycling routes to the east and west of Wellington Road.

It will also create 1200 yards (1.1km) of new bus lanes between the Manchester boundary and Stockport town centre.

The A6 Corridor scheme is being funded under the city region's transport settlement.

Stockport Council said it was "working in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester... to make the roads safer, reduce bus journey times, improve access to bus stops, provide better crossings, and develop cycle routes parallel and across the A6 to make it easier to walk, wheel and cycle."

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