Messenger Newspapers - Road Watch - Speeders, Problem Traffic Blackspots in Trafford

What happened about Timperley junction?

11:25am Thursday 6th August 2009

CAROL Broomhead, of Sylvan Avenue, Timperley, said: “Could you find out what happened after the public inquiry into putting a junction at Park Road in Timperley and Washway Road? This would be about four years ago in April that it was passed. If any road needs one it is there.

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Road improvements for Timperley

10:21am Monday 3rd August 2009

A ROAD resufacing scheme is set to start in Timperley this month.

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Camera didn't catch my crash on film

2:44pm Friday 31st July 2009

JUNE Bell, of Downham Chase, Timperley, said: “I read your articles with interest, because I was involved in an accident at the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Thorley Lane, when a car coming fron the Manchester direction came through the lights on red and hit the rear of my car.

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Whitefield Road pavements are going to pot says Sale resident

2:40pm Friday 31st July 2009

MARGARET Turnbull, of Whitefield Road, Sale, said: “I don’t know about our roads going to pot, but on Whitefield Road the pavements, or what we can see of them from around 8.30am until 6pm, certainly are.

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Derbyshire Road speeding is dangerous

2:42pm Friday 31st July 2009

A CONCERNED Sale resident said: “Derbyshire Road is unusual. It is 500 metres long, quite wide with no on-street parking. The most remarkable feature for a road in the borough, it is level, virtually straight and well repaired.

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Safety of road users is of paramount importance - Trafford Council

2:45pm Friday 31st July 2009

EXECUTIVE councillor Alan Mitchell said: “The safety of all road users is of paramount importance to us, and we take the concerns of local people extremely seriously.

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Be safe and belt up when driving

2:46pm Friday 31st July 2009

THE council has urged motorists to make sure they and their passengers are belted up when travelling.

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Residents live in fear of speeders on New Street, Altrincham

2:39pm Friday 31st July 2009

SUE Redford, of New Street, Altrincham, said: “The residents live in constant fear that one of the idiots driving up New Street, frequently exceeding 60 miles per hour and often using their telephones, too, will lose control on the street.

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Car go too fast down Oakfield Road, Altrincham

2:38pm Friday 31st July 2009

SARAH Walmsley was worried about drivers speeding down Oakfield Road, Altrincham, and wrote to Trafford’s head of transportation in disgust.

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Hope Road in Sale is a worry

2:37pm Friday 31st July 2009

A CONCERNED Sale resident, who asked not to be named, is worried about drivers speeding along Hope Road.

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Sale junction is dangerous says carer

2:30pm Friday 31st July 2009

ELAINE Bullock, a carer who lives on Cross Lane West, in Partington, has to negotiate the junction at Gilbert Road and Ashton Lane, in Sale, on a daily basis.

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Dad asks council to put lights at Brooklands roundabout in Brooklands

2:32pm Friday 31st July 2009

DARREN Yates, of Fairywell Road, Timperley, requested some months ago that Trafford Council consider traffic and/ or pedestrian lights at Brooklands roundabout as he felt there were no safe places to cross it.

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An accident waiting to happen in Ashton-on-Mersey

2:34pm Friday 31st July 2009

ZENA Moyle, of Carrington Lane, Ashton-on-Mersey, feared there could be an accident at the junction of Ashton and Carrington lanes.

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Pavements should be made safer, not just roads

2:35pm Friday 31st July 2009

A SALE resident has called for Trafford’s pavements to be made safer, as well as its roads.

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Driving on to Langham Road in Bowdon is lethal

2:36pm Friday 31st July 2009

CARRIE Collins, of The Springs, in Bowdon, said that driving out of her road and on to Langham Road was lethal.

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Call for traffic lights at the junction of Firs Road and Harboro Road in Ashton-on-Mersey

2:26pm Friday 31st July 2009

CHRIS Bailey called for traffic lights at the junction of Firs Road and Harboro Road in Ashton-on-Mersey.

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Mum campaigns for safer road after daughter hurt in accident

2:25pm Friday 31st July 2009

A MUM is campaigning for traffic calming measures on a Bowdon road after her teenage daughter was in a serious car crash.

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