Safer junctions on major routes into city hailed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukImprovements to key road junctions on major routes into Manchester through Trafford aimed at boosting cycling, walking and ‘wheeling’ have been hailed by council and transport bosses.
Work has been carried out to the Talbot Road-Chester Road and Talbot Road-Great Stone Road junctions. They provide a way for cyclists and pedestrians and vehicles to move safely through the traffic lights while remaining segregated from one another.
Leaders from Trafford council were joined by officers from South Yorkshire Combined Authority and active travel officers from across Greater Manchester, in an event organised by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) to celebrate the opening of the junctions The group were completing a cycle route from Manchester via Trafford and Salford, to learn more about the active travel schemes in the area.
Also in attendance was Lanky the Giraffe, the much-loved mascot of Lancashire Cricket Club, whose location in the heart of Trafford’s civic quarter means they will benefit from the improved active travel infrastructure, as more fans will be able to get to the stadium with ease by cycling or walking. READ MORE: Girl, 11, killed by an 'indefensible punch' her family then tried to cover up Trafford council with the support of TfGM secured funding from the Mayor’s Challenge Fund to deliver three junctions on Talbot Road.
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