MIPIM | Stockport releases fresh transport hub visual

Greater Manchester's cycling and walking commissioner Chris Boardman and Mayor Andy Burnham have called on Government to provide "a consistent funding stream" for cycling and walking, increasing money from the Department of Transport above the 1% of total budget currently spent. 

Salford City Council has reached the next stage of its Local Plan’s journey to adoption, releasing a revised draft version ahead of publication this September.

Proposals for a £12m link road to serve the wider £262m Rivington Chase development, featuring 1,700 homes, have moved forward with a planning application due to go to Bolton Council in the coming weeks.

Network Rail, Northern and TransPennine Express have announced a £1m package of improvements at Bolton station, where passengers have been heavily hit by over-running engineering works over the last two years.

The 2.8km link road between Pilsworth Road and junction 19 of the M62, intended to open up development around South Heywood, has been put out to tender by Rochdale Council.

Metrolink extensions to Stalybridge, Port Salford, and Middleton along with tram-train services to Wigan, Wilmslow, Hazel Grove, and Marple will all be considered within the next five years as part of Greater Manchester’s wider transport strategy through to 2040.

Works to complete “the final piece in the jigsaw” of a £2.5m cycling route linking MediaCityUK and Weaste with central Manchester are set to win funding from Salford City Council.

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has earmarked areas around a number of the region’s railway stations for development with 87 acres of land potentially up for grabs.

Metrolink has revealed further details of its proposed zonal ticketing plan, including how much tickets will cost, as it prepares to introduce the system at the start of next year.