Plans for low traffic neighbourhoods in Cheadle, Cheadle Health and Stockport will be put to local residents for feedback.
Residents are being asked how they’d like to improve the streets where they live as part of plans to create a series of new active neighbourhoods across Greater Manchester.
These proposed neighbourhoods could feature planters or bollards to stop rat-running on residential streets.
Transport for Manchester said such schemes typically create quieter streets for residents to chat and for children to play.
It added the initiative aims to make the school run and trips to the shops safer as they prioritise the movement, health and safety of people over cars.
Locals will be asked whether they would like to stop through-traffic using their streets as a short-cut and what other improvements can be made to the area.
Chris Boardman, cycling and walking commissioner for Greater Manchester, said: “Over the last decade traffic levels on main roads has barely risen, but journeys on residential streets have risen by a staggering 45% in Greater Manchester.
“Neighbourhoods should be first and foremost for the people who live there, they should feel safe and able to ride, scoot or simply walk to shops and schools in comfort if they choose to, we need to get those rights back.
“By stopping through traffic but keeping full access to homes for people who need to go there, active neighbourhoods prioritise those that call it home. I’d like to encourage local residents in Stockport who want safe space outside their homes for them and their families, to get involved and tell us how they want their streets to look and feel.”
This latest scheme forms part of the Bee Network, a 10-year plan for Greater Manchester to deliver the UK’s largest cycling and walking network, eventually spanning 1,800 miles.
Learn more about low traffic neighbourhoods currently in operation across the UK in the February 2021 issue of CiTTi Magazine. Click on the image below to read the full feature...
