A57 Mottram-Tintwistle Bypass
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Scheme Outline
Construction of a new partially dual-two lane bypass for the towns of Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle. The route will carry the A57 and A628, carrying Trans-Pennine traffic between Sheffield and Manchester, and can be considered a direct extension of the M67. The route will not be grade-separated.
The exact route heads northeast from the terminus of the M67, underneath three roads including the A6018 in a tunnel, then to a roundabout with a connection to the A57 at Mottram Moor. This section is to be dual two lane. From the roundabout, the bypass continues as a single carriageway road to the northeast, curving southeast to end on the A628 east of Tintwistle near Townhead Farm.
Project Statistics
- Cost
- £183m
- Finance
- Central Government
- Estimated duration of works
- Unknown
- Length of new road
- 4 miles
Progress
- June 2007
- The public inquiry began in late June.
- January 2008
- The public inquiry has been adjourned indefinitely, awaiting the publication of updated evidence by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and the Highways Agency. This sets the scheme back quite some way.
- March 2008
- The Manchester Evening News reports the cost of the scheme at £183m, of which £13.7m has already been spent.
More Information
- Website
- www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5515.aspx
- Public inquiry website
- www.persona.uk.com/mottram
- Campaign sites
- www.demanuele.nildram.co.uk/glossopspur
- www.saveswallowswood.org.uk
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With thanks to Nicholas Lawley, Alex, HA Bob, Peter Edwardson and Paul Berry for information on this page.
