New developments include:
Travis Brow Link Road: A £12 million highway scheme developed by Stockport Council as Highways Authority (HA), providing a new two lane dual-carriageway key route between the M60 Manchester Orbital Motorway and the A6, part of Greater Manchester’s Key Route Network.
The link road is the most important new strategic highway network connection in Stockport, and possibly one of the most significant in Greater Manchester, in a generation.
It greatly enhances connectivity and significantly reduces congestion to, through and around Stockport, providing an alternative to vehicles travelling through the town centre as well as providing a new east-west segregated cycling and walking route.
Redrock & Prince’s Street highways and public realm: £12 million of accessibility and public realm improvements in the heart of the town centre. Creating a brand new leisure destination at Redrock plus high quality public realm in the main retail street in Stockport.
St Mary’s Way: £15 million highway improvements – reducing congestion in and around the town centre by improving capacity through the widening of the existing St Mary’s Way to a two lane dual-carriageway and enhancing cycling and walking provision.
Aurora Industrial Park access: A new £2.4 million junction and access road for the new Aurora Industrial Park – creating new employment and regenerating a brown field site.
Woodbank Park: A £2.5 million new cycling and walking provision including a new bridge over the River Goyt creating a new sustainable transport and leisure link between north-east Stockport and the town centre.
Mercedes development access: A new £1 million access into the largest Mercedes dealership and training centre in the UK.
Stockport Exchange: A £1 million investment in high quality public realm at the Exchange hotel and office development adjacent to Stockport railway station.
Markets & Underbanks: A £1.5 million investment in high quality heritage public realm and highway re-construction in the heart of Stockport’s old town. Improving outdoor space to facilitate a new café culture in the area.
