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Potholes? No, it’s traffic calming!

Adam Derbyshire
8/ 3/2006

TAMESIDE Council is refusing to fill in potholes on a plagued road because it says they act as a cheap traffic calming measure.

Villagers in Mottram have complained about the terrible state of Littlemoor Road because it poses a danger to horse riders and people using it to reach a nearby school.

But they have been told to like it or lump it.

Council leader, Councillor Roy Oldham, believes the deep craters are worth keeping because they act as free speed bumps to the drivers who do not live locally, but use the rough road as a short cut during rush hour.

Residents want a complete resurfacing of the road and put their case at Longdendale district assembly.

One villager told the meeting: "It is in a dangerous condition and it has been like that for 20 years.

"Putting bits of patching in the holes is not working - cars are having to swerve to avoid them.

"Yet the road is widely used by people going to Mottram School and there are a lot of riders. Plus it is used for deliveries to several working farms and by vehicles carrying heavy loads and livestock."

The narrow road with tight bends is known locally as The Mudd and runs parallel to the main road from Broadbottom to Mottram.

Councillor Oldham said: "There are 30,000 privately-owned vehicles on the roads around here every day and it is possible for many of them to use this road as a short cut, which can help them get ahead of other cars.

"So, what we have tended to do is discourage motorists from driving on that section of road by not doing too much repair work to it.

"We are putting a sign up to say that the road is not very good for motorists and will probably place a 20mph limit on it."

Councillor Oldham hopes that if the Longdendale bypass is approved it will help ease much of the traffic congestion affecting Mottram.


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   Councillor Oldham now aged 74 years is in his dotage.This fatuous comment like many others recently on the affairs of one of the major Boroughs in Greater Manchester demonstrate that he is losing his grip.He sits atop an indolent arrogant and indifferent Labour oligarchy with 45 seats out of 57 Council seats in the Borough aid and betted by a fatous Tory rump led by Boufant Bell - the "gorgeous" Tory leader.Who remembers the "Pretty Things" today but the hairstyle lingers on.
Chris Davies, Stalybridge
19/07/2007 at 23:40
   I read with disbelief the comments of cllr roy oldham.Would he have made that comment if had lost a child due to a pothole?.I think not!.
gareth(callums dad), stalybridge
13/03/2006 at 22:04
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