Initially I think the Lisburne Lane lights must have been badly timed, as the queues were coming right back to Marple, but they seem to have sorted that now. Anyway, it has always been bad heading for Stockport town centre.
My problems are with going in other directions in the morning.
Trying to reach the M60, via Bents Lane, can easily take 45 minutes, and then one finds three lanes of standing traffic heading toward the M56.
Attempting to head in the other direction, across the A6 toward Bramhall is no better. It usually takes about 30 minutes to reach the A6, via either Torkington Road or Commercial Road. This, I think, has been worsened by the building of the new Sainsburys store and consequent roadworks.
I long ago came to the conclusion that if you dislike traffic jams either move away from Marple, as they are only going to get worse, or do as I often do and leave the house before 6.00am.
However, I must say, it is always pleasant when I have to go to the other side of the hills, Nottingham for example, and have that drive over Tideswell Moor and through Baslow. Hardly ever any traffic that way.