All Council Car Parks in Hazel Grove will be free of charge for the next two Saturdays. In addition to this, there will be free parking in Stockport Town centre on the following days: Monday 11th December to Friday 15th December, free after 3pm Sunday 17th December, free all day Monday 18th December to Friday […]

The Lib Dems have submitted our response to the first stage of Stockport’s Local Plan consultation. “At the heart of the Lib Dem response is a two stage approach to house-building across the next 20 years – brownfield in the first years and green belt only later, if at all. “Major changes in the UK […]

The last works on the A6 bridge in the centre of Stockport are due to finish on 15th October with the road opening again on Monday 16th. Once the road is open again works will resume in St Mary’s to complete that area giving more capacity around Stockport. Please note that buses may be affected […]

The news back from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is again that the lights by the Park and Ride are working as they are designed to do.  The lights sometimes go red only when travelling from Macclesfield Road to the A6 but not in the other direction. The official word is: The traffic lights at this […]

Speeding is an ongoing problem in Hazel Grove and all across Stockport.  A small number of individuals feel that they can completely flout the law and travel at grossly excessive speeds. With fewer police generally and far fewer traffic police in particular they simply do not have the presence to offer the same deterrent that […]

The rumours are about that the next generation of mobile phones may have lasers to measure distances.  Primarily aimed at helping the phones to support the emerging new technology of Augmented Reality, or AR, these lasers could also potentially enable phones to measure the speed that objects around them are moving at. Augmented Reality allows […]

After our campaign on speeding and getting a Speed Indicator Device for Stepping Hill, it is now being deployed. There are a number of speeding hot spots in Hazel Grove and the device will be deployed at some of the worst ones in the coming months.  Mill Lane, which ought to be a quiet road, has […]

The World Health Organization is calling for 20mph limits as best practice where motorised traffic mixes with pedestrians and cyclists.  They argue that a 30mph limit permits speeds which are not consistent with the Common Law duty of councils to protect people when creating, designing or maintaining highways. As part of the 4th UN Global […]

You probably know about the exciting changes happening across Stockport Town Centre. New investment, transport improvements, leisure opportunities, better spaces and places, cultural programmes and a host of big brand names and independent businesses are moving to Stockport. It’s all part of the complete reinvention at the heart of our town. Now we need your […]

Local residents on Cooke St have called for an increase in the number of residential permit parking spaces on the street to accommodate the increased number of residents with permits wishing to park. Local Councillors on the Stepping Hill area Committee, including local LibDem Jon Twigge, will hear the petition on Tuesday evening (5th June). […]