Cheshire East Council has named sections of the A34 Wilmslow and Handforth Bypass after local Olympians and Paralympians medal winners.
The Council proposed to make these changes in 2012 but the new signs were only erected last week whilst Cheshire East Highways were carrying out lining and stud works on the bypass.
In recognition of their achievements at the London 2012, the Council has re-named five sections of the bypass as follows:
• Section 1 from Harden Park roundabout to Thorngrove roundabout: Victoria Pendleton Way.
• Section 2 from Thorngrove roundabout to Bollin Valley roundabout: Niki Birrell Way.
• Section 3 from Bollin Valley roundabout to Dean Row roundabout: Craig MacLean Way.
• Section 4 from Dean Row roundabout to Handforth Dean retail site roundabout: Ainslee Way.
• Section 5 from Handforth Dean roundabout to A555 roundabout at the Stockport boundary: Storeys Way.
Cyclist Victoria Pendleton, who was living in Wilmslow at the time, won a gold medal in the keirin and silver medal in the sprint final at the London Olympics.
Niki Birrell, a 26-year-old sailor from High Legh, won a bronze medal at the Paralympics when he competed alongside Alex Rickman in the Skud 18 class.
Wilmslow resident Craig MacLean won his gold medal at the London 2012 Paralympics with his cycling partner Anthony Kappes. Craig was pilot in the men's tandem sprint for the blind and visually impaired.
Maccesfield born Ben Ainslie won the gold in the Finn class competition making him the first person to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing.
Cyclists Barney and Sarah Storey, who live in Disley, both triumphed at the Paralympic Games. Sarah won four gold medals from four events to become Great Britain's most celebrated Paralympian of all time with a total of 11 gold medals, eight silver medals and three bronze medals. Barney claimed a gold and silver in London to add to his double gold at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008.
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and how the hell are we supposed to remember what name goes where on the By-passes ?
@DavidHadfield: As to how you're supposed to remember which name goes with which bit: how do you remember the names of other roads? This isn't going to be any different is it?
The council have put nameplates up showing the names on each section, and it won't be too long until the new names start showing up on maps. They are already on OpenStreetMap.
CE officals should be ensuring that roads that have recently been resurfaced don't get dug up 3 months later and ensuing traffic chaos just like Davey Lane last week.
Naming "Streets" are one thing ......... naming "The By-pass" in sections is entirely different.
The By-pass has been known as "The By-pass" for the last 15 years, so what's different now ?
The M6 is known as the M6 ........ why not identify each section of the M6 with a street name ?
BTW, the Council also have a statutory obligation to keep the roads and pavements in good repair and to keep them litter-free ............ this is one of their first priorities, never mind all this nonsense of extra street names on By-Passes.
What a totally useless way to spend our Council Tax !
Good luck to @AlderleyEdgeFirst in putting the wants and needs of local people before the machinations of elsewhere-minded politicians!
Clue: it is all on the CEC website.