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Details of a traffic calming scheme for the southern part of Heywood Road (from Heys Road down to Scholes Lane) have been announced. The proposals include a 20mph zone as the road nears the area of Park View Primary School (Rectory Lane roundabout to Scholes Lane, including Park View Road itself. The full details of [...]

Following public consultation, the traffic safety scheme outside of Prestwich Arts College is to go ahead. The scheme provides for a short stretch of 20mph ourside the school, including a “raised table”. More information here

Overnight work is due on Bury Metrolink line. Residents are being advised of overnight work taking place on the Metrolink line running to Bury next week. Work is expected to take place overnight at a number of stops along the line between Sunday 1 November and Friday 6 November while the trams are not running. Work [...]

The Council is consulting on some significant improvements to the junction on Bury New Road and Hilton Lane/Scholes Lane. Why are the works being carried out? Following receipt of a petition handed in by your local Lib Dem Councillors from local residents in March 2007 investigations have been carried out to assess the feasibility of installing [...]

The Council is consulting on a proposed new traffic safety zone and 20mph area art the southern end of Heywood Road. The area covered includes the bottom of Heywood Road, from the Rectory Lane mini-roundabout to the junction with Scholes Lane. It also includes the Park View Road as a 20mph zone, through to its junction [...]

Latest news from First Bus: who have been unable to resolve the industrial action by our drivers at Bolton, Bury and Wigan depots. Schools bus services will run as normal in all areas but other services operated from our Bolton, Bury and Wigan depots will not operate with the exception of a limited service, every [...]

“Overcrowding on Greater Manchester’s Trains could get worse,” says Transport Chief Keith Whitmore Overcrowing on Greater Manchester’s trains could get worse if Department of Transport (DFT) rules lead to five trains, currently used betweeen Oldham and Manchester, being mothballed next month,” says Cllr Keith Whitmore - the first-ever Liberal Democrat Chairman of the Greater Manchester Integrated [...]

Road safety measures are proposed at the junction of Bury Old Road and Heywood Road in Prestwich. Bury Council has included this junction of the A665 in its annual programme of Local Safety Scheme works for 2009/2010. These are designed specifically to reduce the number of road accident casualties and to improve road safety. Within a recent [...]

The Managing Agent Contractor for the Highways Agency in this area is writing to local residents that might be affected by the following roadworks. Some works we are about to start on the M62 motorway - starting on 17th September and continuing until 6th November they will be working on the eastbound hard shoulder between Simister [...]

Bury Council is consulting on a proposed 20mph zone on the stretch of Heys Road as it passes Prestwich Arts College. Houses fronting on to the scheme will receive a consultation letter (copy here) on 24th July and comments are sought before 14 August 2009. It is hoped that the scheme will come to the [...]