“It’s just one thing after another.'
People living on a busy Stockport road say they have been plagued by endless roadworks for the last two years - and want it to stop. Manchester Road, in Heaton Chapel, has been repeatedly dug up to allow utilities firms - responsible for electricity, water, gas and internet - to carry out maintenance and upgrade work.
“I first started picking this issue up with the council last year because it’s just ridiculous,” she says. “It’s just one thing after another. The roadworks obviously require temporary traffic lights and getting up and down the road is always really difficult. What it leads to is people getting so frustrated and jumping the lights and that kind of thing.”
“Last year we had the LTN [Low Traffic Neighbourhood] there were all the trials taking place because of that, so the traffic was pushed further on to Manchester Road. It’s never stopped, it’s been one thing after another.” Ben Fountain, 43, is another Manchester Road resident who says the issue is a source of ‘great frustration’
He recalls how his car was nearly blocked in during recent works by Electricity North West - as a letter to residents did not make clear that access to homes would be on foot only - not for vehicles.
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