It was announced at Monday's Parish Council meeting that an opening ceremony is being organised for the eagerly awaited Alderley Edge and Nether Alderley bypass - which will hopefully coincide with the opening of the new road to traffic.
Tatton MP George Osborne will be attending the official opening on Friday November 19th, along with guests of Cheshire East and a number of local residents and businesses who have been involved with the development of the bypass.
Councillor Mary Maczkowiak commented "We should be instrumental in organising something to celebrate the opening, inviting all the people who have helped and done things over the years."
Frank Keegan informed the Parish Councillors "An all day celebration is planned. We expect the guest list to grow to about 150, a large part of which will come from Alderley Edge.
"It is intended that Cheshire East will lay on buses to take guests down to the new road and that the Parish Council will then lay on a lunch here for them."
Doug Mackie, Project Manager for Cheshire East, said "We are endeavouring to have the road open to traffic on Friday November 19th to coincide with the ceremony.
"Unfortunately we are not able to say for definite, as it depends on the weather but we are certainly doing everything we can to meet this date.
"We will probably have to come back and finish off some bits and pieces though, and we anticipate that the planting will continue right through the winter."
One thing that is for certain is that the bypass will be completed way ahead of schedule. The main construction works started in February 2009 with the official completion date set for June 2011.
The three mile route, which runs from the Harden Park roundabout and rejoins the existing A34 to the south of Nether Alderley village, will have cost £52 million, with the majority of the budget (£48.4m) funded by the Department of Transport.
