Drivers can expect long delays in Wilmslow town centre over the coming weeks as Styal Road will be closed from Monday, 18th September, for approximately 12 weeks.
The closure between HM Prison Styal and the junction with Cliff Road is to enable Electricity North West to upgrade to the local power network.
Additionally, Swan Street is now closed until September 20th and Hawthorn Lane is closed from Bank Square to Hawthorn Grove until October 4th for Electricity North West to install new cables.
Mark Dermody contacted wilmslow.co.uk to say "The traffic today in Wilmslow is unacceptable. Cheshire East have allowed 5 sets of simultaneous roadworks that are causing havoc."
Engineers from Electricity North West, the region's power network operator, are replacing 5km of underground electricity cables between Alderley Edge and Wilmslow.
Road signs will be in place, a diversion route will be signposted and traffic will be monitored.
More than 22,000 homes and business in Wilmslow, Handforth, Chelford and Alderley Edge are set to benefit from a £1.7m upgrade to the local power network.
Electricity North West said the project, which will replace faulty oil-filled cables which have been in place for around 60 years, with new environmentally-friendly and efficient cables was scheduled to start in August but having listened to feedback they adapted the plan.
John Pietsch, South Operations Transmission Manager, for Electricity North West, said: "We're proud to be investing almost £2m in the local community to ensure 22,000 customers enjoy a reliable supply of power which we all take for granted every day.
"Power cuts are thankfully rare, but as these cables were first installed in the 1960s it's vital we upgrade them now and replace a faulty cable, so we continue to deliver an excellent, safe and affordable service to all our customers across the region.
"It's an investment of around £1 per property per year to keep power flowing for at least another 60 years, so it's great to be delivering such value for such an essential service to the local area."
It is anticipated that the works on Styal Road will be completed by Friday 8th December 2017.
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You need to wait until the A34 is done or the runway tunnels.
There again someone gave airport city the go ahead to cause more traffic through wilmslow before the infrastructure was laid!
I liked the comments though - not addressing the problems.
Absolutely hopeless ...
Is the current spate to avoid Govt plans to introduce Utility road renting?
http://bit.ly/2eTWAg4
Perhaps this explanation could expand to the pertinent ABILENE PARADOX; Where a group of people collectively (CEC) decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of the many (Electorate) and involves the breakdown of communication and each member of the group (CEC) mistakenly believes that their own preferences are best.
Basically an inability to manage agreement. Or in CEC case just manage ... 1650 signatures to this petition to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to put Cheshire East Council into Special Measures... Mr Taylor has Identified the Link above.
So this work could be done in 3 weeks if councils or the government actually bothered to put road owners inconvenience before the utility companies profits.
I won't hold my breath though...
Meantime, anybody know how to reach the airport without setting off the day before?
Can someone explain how this is allowed to happen? It smacks of the dismissive contempt that Manchester City Council has for motorists. I agree that something needs to be done to help reduce car use but there is no coherent policy.
The government has endorsed a car-owning public, because it helps the wider economy - or at least has encouraged it, with "car-scrappage" schemes in 2009, and without seriously helping provide for local alternative transport such as a proper 'bus and rail network.
Manchester City Council hopes to terrorize people out of cars with delays caused by roadworks, parking charges, ever more speed limits and 'bus lanes, without providing alternatives.
Is this what's happening in CEC?
On both Friday and Saturday of this week, there were three huge cars parked. Not only are they parking illegally, they are blocking the access to the designated disabled parking bays - a frequent situation.
I know there are tickets given for this offence but it is obviously no deterrent. Although I have not started taking down numbers, I am sure there are a number of repeat offenders. We could fund the building of a suitable car park from the revenue generated by a more systematic approach.
On Friday morning the roads by Kenmore and the Health Centre completely blocked - usual practice of cars having to drive over the pavement to get through. At the front cars parked opposite the Coach and Four on a main road. Meanwhile the carpark behind Sainsburys was virtually empty.
Presumably, if this new cabling is going through the centre of Wilmslow and on to Alderley village, there is a whole traffic nightmare about to unfold?
It would have been nice if one (or more) of our Ward Councillors could have put us in the picture, especially as the Cabinet member with responsibility for highways has stepped down, reportedly due to one of the four ongoing Police investigations into CEC.