Motorists are being warned that a section of Hough Lane will also be closed next week to enable Electricity North West to carry out works for a new supply.
The A5102, which is often used by drivers wishing to avoid Alderley Edge village centre, will be closed from Hough Lane roundabout to outside number 22.
It is anticipated the works will take place from Monday 13th to Friday 17th August at the same time that Wilmslow Road is closed, from the junction with Heyes Lane to Ryleys Lane in Alderley Edge.
The works to improve the safety of the road on the south west side of the bridge, which will continue until Sunday 19th August, include the installation of a Titan kerb system, which is designed to prevent cars coming off the carriageway in vulnerable areas, along with metal barrier railings. The road will also be resurfaced during the closure.
A spokesperson for Cheshire East Council said "Following the Selby rail crash in 2001, the Department for Transport released guidelines on how to assess and treat vulnerable areas close to railway lines. Further to this guidance, Cheshire East Council, with assistance from Network Rail, have now assessed all of its sites as part of the ongoing review of similar locations and allocated each a ranking score.
"Based on these scores, a national programme of work has been underway and the above location has been identified as one of the locations with a high ranking in need of safety improvements."
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In response to guidance given following an incident in 2001!!!!
Good to know they have safety close to the top of the agenda!
I know this will be disruptive but I can only support the need to make the improvements - but why wait 17 years!
I suspect that if a current assessment were carried out, there would be many more pressing issues.
Is it me?
How do the people living on the Summerfields access the A34? They will all be forced to use the Manchester Road instead = Gridlock for a week.
Absolute madness from CE once again.
It was much better when we were part of Macclesfield council At least they were competent and understood the geography
I agree what on earth are Cheshire East thinking ?
Where's the coordination and the planning we pay them for ?
My grandchildren could do a better job.
Yes Mark, as ever you (& Toni Fox) are right. It's pretty obvious that Cheshire East have scant regards for Wilmslow residents and particularly those in and around Colshaw - Summerfields in the north of the town.
Bare witness the multiplicity of Ill l timed roadworks and f course the hugely inappropriately large Lidl they pushed through for approval (despite the volumes of objections) to squeeze onto Summerfields Village. All north Wilmslow residents need now is for Cheshire East to dig up Manchester Road and we will all be land locked. I ask you !
Perhaps CE should take a look in a dictionary and check out the definition of the word "Planning"
It is probably too late to change the date now, but hopefully a few more readers of this post will add their comments to show the 'Planners (?)' what we think of their efforts.