Post by: wolfman on April 12, 2007, 04:41:57 PM
Sustrans’ Connect2 Project is about overcoming long standing barriers that prevent people walking and cycling within their local area as part of their everyday journeys. Stockport Council submitted a proposal to become part of Connect2 and is now looking for public support to ensure that Stockport’s project makes the final shortlist.
The Council’s proposal is for a new river crossing in the vicinity of Chadkirk Weir which would greatly increase access to and through surrounding green space, including Chadkirk Estate, for trips to local schools, stations and local centres within Stockport.
Jim McMahon, Stockport Council’s Assistant Director for Transportation and Planning, said: “It’s great to see that Stockport’s proposal has got so far. We’re up against some tough competition but believe that our scheme will have huge benefits for people living in the area, and encourage more people to visit the beautiful Goyt Valley.
“Our scheme will help to break down barriers that have been dividing communities for decades. Traffic-free links between Marple, Romiley, Offerton and Stockport town centre have been blocked by the River Goyt and main roads. However, with Big Lottery funding we could create an exciting new route over the river for pedestrians, cyclists and horseriders, linking one side of the valley with the other and making sense of the paths and routes that have been built over a number of years.”
If Stockport’s scheme makes Sustrans’ final short list of around 75, then it will form part of their final bid for the £50m Big Lottery Fund grant. Connect2 is one of the projects being considered to compete for the grant, and the winner will be decided by public TV vote at the end of this year.
Richard Leyshon, the Council’s Head of Policy, added: “Community support for this scheme will go a long way in helping us get through to the final stages. To help champion our scheme, people can pledge their support online by visiting www.sustransconnect2.org.uk or by calling their information line on 08450 581373 by April 23rd. Every vote counts!
“We are also looking for community groups in the area who would like to work with us to develop and promote the scheme. If you’d like to get involved please contact the Council’s Transportation team on 0161 474 4593.”
sustransconnect2.org.uk
Post by: CTCREP on September 24, 2007, 06:56:27 PM
Post by: tina on September 24, 2007, 09:13:20 PM
There is a couple of dates on the back page.
the food and drink festival and in town without my car. Both of which was on Saturday so a bit short notice for those who didn't know about these events. the other one is for the connect2 day on the 27th Sept -4th Oct 6:30pm-9:00pm
Public exhibitions with detailed plans will be available from today at Marple Library, Dialstone Library and the Romily forum (community center).
Hope the above information is useful
Post by: Lisa Oldham on September 26, 2007, 03:59:35 PM
Post by: CTCREP on September 28, 2007, 09:21:00 PM
But to come back to earth. If Sustrans wins the “People’s Millions Bid” in December then they get nearly £500,000 to be spent on the bridge and hopefully there will be some left to upgrade some of the surfaces.
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Post by: Lisa Oldham on October 26, 2007, 02:51:50 PM
I havent seen any evidence of this yet have you?
and YEP Im going to email my councillors and Andrew Stunnell about it though doubt very much the councillors will reply as they rarely have to my emails
Post by: the rover on October 26, 2007, 03:03:36 PM
The BIG Lottery Fund has unveiled the final shortlist for the People’s £50 Million Lottery Giveaway. The contest will be a public vote which will see one project of national importance win a grant of £50 million.
One of the four, the Sustrans Connect2 project, is made up of 79 sustainable transport schemes from all over the UK, including the Royston rail underpass which is being designed by Mouchel engineers for Hertfordshire County Council.
There will be a series of TV programmes, each featuring one of the four projects.
At present, we understand that the programmes will go out after the 10.30 ITV news in the first week of December, with a round-up final programme on the Friday evening when the telephone number to dial for your favourite will be given out.
“But you can vote on line from November 26th at www.thepeoples50million.org.uk/ .” said Richard Boutal, client support manager at the WGC office.
“Obviously we would be delighted if everyone in Mouchel voted either on line or on the phone for Connect2. We are intending to publicise the phone number over the critical weekend through the Herts County Council web site and we will give our Mouchel colleagues more information nearer the time.”
If Connect2 wins the TV vote, then the Royston scheme will get £700,000 towards the overall £3.2 million cost. At present the northern part of Royston is cut in half by the railway line.
This underpass would connect the two and provide a sustainable link between them.
It is estimated that 6 million people live within ½ mile of one of the Connect2 projects. To find out more go to www.sustransconnect2.org.uk
Post by: CTCREP on October 27, 2007, 01:55:29 AM
Post by: wolfman on November 01, 2007, 06:13:48 PM
Four organisations, including ‘Sustrans’ Connect2 project, are competing for the £50 million grant to be decided by public vote on ITV1 in early December. Each project will be the subject of a television programme on ITV1 in the week commencing 3 December.
Sustrans' Connect2 will be featured on Tuesday 4 December. Full programme details will be released in mid November. Voting will take place online and by phone vote following the TV shows.
Online voting for The People’s £50 Million Lottery Giveaway will open at 9am on 26 November at www.thepeoples50million.org.uk. Telephone voting will be over the weekend 7-10 December.**
Post by: admin on November 28, 2007, 07:26:42 PM
On-line voting has now started for the People's Millions Lottery Givaway. You can register your vote for Sustrans Connect2 and read more about it at:
www.thepeoples50million.org.uk
So if you would like Marple and the surrounding district to benefit from a share of this money get voting now and tell all your friends, neighbours and relatives too!
Post by: CTCREP on December 02, 2007, 03:50:14 PM
Post by: admin on December 07, 2007, 05:24:35 PM
You can register your vote from any phone once, so use your landline and all mobiles to ensure that Sustrans Connect2 gets the maximum votes for Marple to benefit.
Please be reassured that this is not a premium rate phone line, and calls from a BT landline will cost no more than 10p. Calls from mobiles and other operators may be higher.
All voting closes at 12 noon on Monday 10th December, so if you haven't already voted online please do before Monday. The winner of the £50 million will be announced on 12th December.
Thank you so much for your support of Connect2 - we really do need every vote because we are up against strong competition and advertising by some competitors. Please do pass on the phone and online voting details to everyone you know.
Post by: admin on December 12, 2007, 05:53:16 PM
Sustrans Connect2 Wins The Peoples £50 Million!
£50 million won and we couldn't have done it without you!
This is fantastic news, and thanks to everyone who voted for Sustrans' Connect2 in the People's £50 Million Lottery Giveaway, and for your help in winning £50 million of funding from the Big Lottery Fund for Sustrans to invest in walking and cycling UK-wide. This really is an amazing achievement for our charity and the many local authority and other partners with whom we will work on Connect2. We simply couldn't have done it without you and your votes.
We start work on delivering Connect2 in January 2008. Our local authority partners are poised ready to go, and will be adding matched funding from their own transport and other budgets to the £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund. This is a five year project, and in total we have already identified local authority funding to support Connect2, and we are working hard to bring even more funding to the project so that we can ensure as many people as possible benefit from Connect2.
We will continue to update our Supporters on progress during 2008, please join us as a Supporter if you aren't already, our Supporters are the foundation of the organisation and without them Sustrans would simply grind to a halt. If you would like to sign up for our e-newsletter please go to www.sustrans.org.uk and click on email newsletter. In the meantime can I take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy Christmas and New Year and to thank you again for supporting Sustrans' Connect2.
John Grimshaw MBE
Founder and Chief Executive Sustrans
Great News!!
Post by: CTCREP on December 13, 2007, 01:43:37 AM
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Post by: CTCREP on January 24, 2010, 03:38:21 PM
A new pedestrian crossing has been put in place on Otterspool Rd near the bridge over the River Goyt. Part of Mill Lane has been surfaced but why it has been done with a strip of anti-slip surface nobody seems to know - certainly Stockport Council seems to have managed to upset practically all users apart from the motorists.
Now I have heard a rumour that the bridge that we voted for will now have 9ft parapets fitted. After the arguments about Roman Bridge and the unnecessary extra barriers on the Iron Bridge, is this yet another debacle waiting to happen. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?
Post by: Dave on January 24, 2010, 04:53:17 PM
Post by: Biker on February 02, 2010, 07:10:32 PM
The Planning application is numbered DC/043362 and by clicking on documents you can locate the design and all other information.
All planning applications appear on this link and are available for consultation
Post by: CTCREP on February 21, 2010, 02:35:43 PM
If you only want to know what it will look like then the Bridge design can be seen here http://interactive.stockport.gov.uk/edrms/onlinemvm/getimage.asp?DocumentNumber=132963 (http://interactive.stockport.gov.uk/edrms/onlinemvm/getimage.asp?DocumentNumber=132963)
Post by: marveld on February 26, 2010, 10:28:19 AM
Whilst I would welcome the bridge, I’m not convinced that a bridleway is suitable from Lower Dale farm to the weir. A lot of work would be needed to turn the existing footpath into a safe bridleway and it would be something the council would then need to maintain.
A potential solution would be for horses to use a new narrow path on the other side of the current hedgerow. This path would start at the stables at Lower Dale farm and come out at the weir. Cyclists and walkers would use an improved river-side path. I’m not sure the land-owner would necessarily go for this option, but the horse route would only be a strip of land 400 metres long (I’ve measured it using http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm !!)
Another variation would be for cyclists to also use the horse path, but I don’t see this as a sensible option. The current owners of the houses at Lower Dale wouldn’t like bikes coming into the farmyard. I would imagine most of the horse traffic would come from horses stabled at Lower Dale Farm and any additional (minimal) horse traffic from Romiley/Marple could be accommodated.
Anyone else got any views on this?
Post by: nbt on February 26, 2010, 10:43:13 PM
The track from Lower dale farm through to the weir is already used by bikes anyway, it was formerly a cart track as evidenced by the width of the gates. Ijust don;t want the path turned into a gravel motorway, that's what causes problems with user conflict - wide open paths encourage inaproppriate speed from cyclists, and encourage pedestrians to wander along in big groups chatting to each other. No doubt of course that Stockport Council will actually cut down all the vegetation and put in a gravel path some 3m wide, they seem to think that's the answer to everything.
Post by: marveld on March 16, 2010, 05:37:37 PM
I think you're right! I've just been looking at some of the planning documentation - see attached image. I like the path as it is now!
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Post by: Lisa Oldham on March 17, 2010, 04:48:11 PM
Post by: CTCREP on March 18, 2010, 10:16:52 AM
Post by: marveld on March 19, 2010, 12:17:11 AM
I hardly think the Chadkirk/Marple Dale Goyt Weir Bridge will help on this score. However, I see the route being used by mountain bikes at weekends.
It's not a straight-forward short cut for school kids either from Romiley to Marple Hall with the steep hills on either side, although I suspect some may take on the challenge.