£30m Poynton Relief Road recommended for approval

Plans to construct a £30m Poynton Relief Road to boost economic growth at a regional level and ease congestion are expected to be approved next week.

The 3km two way single carriageway would connect into a junction with the A6 Manchester Airport Relief Road (A6MARR), which is currently under construction, and travel in a southerly direction passing across the Woodford Aerodrome runway.

At the southern end of the scheme (which falls within the boundary of Cheshire East Council), the route would pass to the west of Adlington Business Park before connecting into a new roundabout junction to the west of the Adlington Travel Lodge. Links from this roundabout would allow the relief road to connect into the A523 London Road and Adlington Golf Centre.

In order to mitigate the impact that the proposed relief road would have on the surrounding road network, junctions improvements are also proposed at Adlington Crossroads and the Bonis Hall Lane junction to accommodate a predicted increase in traffic along the A523 London Road, south of Poynton.

The joint application from Cheshire East Council and Stockport MBC is recommended for approval at the Strategic Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, 10th January. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is currently considering a planning application for the part of the development which falls within their administrative boundary.

The planning officer's report sets out that the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt and additional harm will result from the scheme in terms of landscape and visual impact, noise, air quality and traffic congestion, ecology and loss of agricultural land. However, subject to an enhanced package of mitigation and conditions, it is considered that the harmful impacts of the development can be reduced to acceptable levels.

The report concludes that the proposal will result in significant benefits through the provision of much needed transport infrastructure. The improved connectivity and reduction in traffic congestion will bring significant sub-regional economic, social and environmental advantages. Overall it is concluded that very special circumstances exist to allow the development.

Work to construct the relief road is anticipated to take approximately 14 months.

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Mathew Owen
Wednesday 11th January 2017 at 7:27 am
Maybe sorting out the ridiculous "figure of H8' double roundabout in the centre of poynton first would be a good idea ! I suggest traffic lights !!?