UPGRADE: Shakerley Lane railway bridge A £3m engineering scheme will see a railway bridge between Atherton and Bolton rebuilt. Work as part of the Great North Rail Project will also see more than a mile of track replaced on the line, which links Hag Fold, Atherton and Walkden, to improve drainage. Engineers say the operation will help to better protect the tracks, between Hindley and Manchester Victoria stations, from flooding in future. For this a number of weekend regional services need to be diverted this month and during March. And Shakerley Lane itself, where the bridge runs over, and which leads to a nearby farm, will also be closed off.
For a Band B properties, the increase is £7.77 per year or 15p per week.
The latest increase is expected to bring 300 officers back to the force, which has lost around 2,000 officers since 2010 due to government cuts.
Chair of the Greater Manchester Police, Crime and Fire Panel, Councillor Nigel Murphy, said: “The panel has agreed to the Mayor’s proposal to increase the police element of the Greater Manchester council tax by £10 per year per Band D household. In doing so however, the panel is disappointed that instead of fairly funding the police directly, the Government continues to expect an increase to residents’ council tax bills, this time by £15 per Band D household, despite the inequalities and unfairness of the system.
Metrolink plans could create Northern Circular Date published: 02 February 2021
Andy Burnham and Sean Fielding on a site visit to the Oldham King Street tram stop Jan 2020
A plan to connect the Bury Metrolink line to the Oldham and Rochdale line via Middleton - the so-called ‘Northern Circular’ - has moved a step closer with the publication of a five-year transport delivery plan by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
The document sets out potential investments in the region’s transport infrastructure including bus corridor upgrades, station and interchange enhancements, new Metrolink lines and new tram-trains which run on both the Metrolink network and heavy rail lines.
Why politicians, not just top cops, must bear responsibility for our police failures
Greater Manchester Police was placed into special measures last month and the Chief Constable swiftly quit. But what had politicians been doing? Jennifer Williams investigates
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