Chiefs are proposing to install planters and bollards to block roads to cars to stop ‘rat-running’ traffic in an Oldham neighbourhood.
Oldham council has unveiled proposals for an ‘Active Neighbourhood’ in Chadderton North and Westwood. The area was chosen, leaders say, because data showed that vehicles were using it as a cut-through.
Council chiefs said that the authority had also been contacted by residents concerned about traffic and congestion in an area with several primary schools.
Active Neighbourhoods in other areas of Greater Manchester have seen streets and roads closed to traffic, but made accessible to people on bikes and on foot. READ MORE: Stockport council leader’s bold green belt claim as bosses commit to masterplan consultation The aim is to create ‘safer, quieter, and more attractive areas so residents have places where they can spend time with their family, friends and neighbours’.
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