Place North West | Stockport to progress A34 bid
Neil Tague An outline business case for a £35m package of projects on the key South Manchester route is being prepared for submission to the Department for Transport in March. The A34 corridor, which runs through the borough from its boundary with commuter-heavy Cheshire East through Heald Green and splitting Cheadle and Gatley up to the M60 junction and Manchester boundary, was identified as a priority in both Stockport’s Local Implementation Plan and the draft South East Manchester-wide multi-modal transport strategy known as SEMMMS. The proposed programme of improvements then was includ...