Dan Bank Road Works

[Dave]

Yes we did - but Channel 5 (no doubt keen to maximise advertising revenue on the only Channel 5 programme that anyone actually watches!) put on an extra Ashes programme yesterday as well, just so we could enjoy it all over again.   

[Victor M]

Dave,
You only missed the highlights by 24 hrs. We won the Test on Sunday!

[Dave]

Don't know about whether the works are going to plan, but Dan Bank was definitely closed from just after 7.00 p.m. last night.  I know because I had forgotten about the closure and was rushing home to catch the Ashes highlights on Channel 5.   

[Victor M]

Does anyone know if the work last night went to plan. At 7:30 this morning the large electronic sign at the junction of Arkwright Road & Strines Road is showing that Dan Bank is Closed, whilst all the diversion signs have been covered up!  Anyone any ideas if the road is open or not.

[admin]

It's the obvious one really, see http://www.u-to-us.com/danbank/admin/uploads/Dan_Bank_Diversion_Routes.pdf

The one the gas board usually dig up at the same time 

I would imagine that this information will be on the leaflet when it arrives.

[alan@marple]

What's the diversion route?

[Victor M]

If you look at the calender it is actually only 4 weeks until the roadworks start.

[Belly]

The problem is that there is only one effective sign actually in Marple, most of the traffic travelling through Dan Bank actually originates in Marple, Glossop or New Mills and there are no signs on Glossop Road, Strines Road, Station Road or Marple Road (Stockport).

People now are going on holiday and will be away for 2 weeks, so probably won't get the newsletter in time, and no one as far as I am aware has actually received the newsletter yet. Another example of brilliant Council communications.  And what has happened to the electronic newsletter we signed up to, has that collapsed like the road?

I got mine yesterday and its very informative.

I can't believe all the fuss for what is only an overnight closure at this stage. And its still 5 weks away, so thats one hell of a holiday that Marple residents must take if they don't get to see the information. 

[Victor M]

The problem is that there is only one effective sign actually in Marple, most of the traffic travelling through Dan Bank actually originates in Marple, Glossop or New Mills and there are no signs on Glossop Road, Strines Road, Station Road or Marple Road (Stockport).

People now are going on holiday and will be away for 2 weeks, so probably won't get the newsletter in time, and no one as far as I am aware has actually received the newsletter yet. Another example of brilliant Council communications.  And what has happened to the electronic newsletter we signed up to, has that collapsed like the road?

[Belly]

Plus another one near to Morrisons, one outside the Bulls Head in Hazel Grove....  and all Marple residents should have now (or will very soon) recieved their Dab Bank newsletter.

Hardly an information blackout with the works still over a month away!

[nbt]

there's one sign at the bottom of dan bank itslef, and another one outside the bonny bouncer in woodley  / bredbury

[Victor M]

I just travelled through Dan Bank and seen that they have at last fitted at least one notice saying that the road will be closed from 24th Aug - 28th Aug, but there are no warning signs if you approach from the direction of Strines and no warning signs on Marple Road between Dan Bank and Stockport
HOWEVER if you are travelling in Woodley there are at least 2 large signs warning of the closure. Nice to think that the Highways dept think it is more important to warn the people in Tameside and Woodley before the local people of Marple.

[Victor M]

I remember them saying in the last newsletter that was sent out that this was going to happen in the summer. Pity they could only give us 4 weeks notice of when it will happen, are they going to put signs up, and if yes will they only go up with a few days notice as normally happens around here?
I would have thought it imperative that warning signs go up now.
Also has anyone let British Gas know, so that they can schedule work on all the other roads out of Marple at the same time, just like they did last summer!

[tonyjones]

I notice that workmen are setting up a compound at the top of Dan Bank.

I have been told that the Road will be closed overnight (7pm - 6am) for five nights starting on August 24th and that an information leaflet is being sent out later this week detailing alternative routes etc.

Perhaps a good time to go on holiday !

[amazon]

I don't know if it's because the trees have been cut down but now you can see lots of litter all the way down Dan bank. Lucozade bottles, and the usual McDonalds containers. The sad thing is the litter appears to have been chucked out of vehicles as a lot of it is at the traffic lights.

 Dont tell stockport mbc they wont now what your on about .only have litter patrolls in stockport town centre .