New road markings to highlight 30mph limit

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Work is currently underway to help highlight the speed limit on Wilmslow Road, which changed from 40mph when the road was downgraded in 2011 following the opening of the Alderley Edge bypass in November 2010.

Lining and surface dressing works have been taking place on Wilmslow Road to highlight the 30mph limit - which is in place from Whitehall Bridge roundabout - as you come off the A34 bypass - to the entry of the 20mph zone just prior to Brook Lane.

This follows the the installation of four "30" mph signs on the lamp columns along this stretch of road in March 2024 at a cost of £82, which was funded by Alderley Edge Parish Council.

Councillor Craig Browne said "Also pleased that a dropped kerb has been installed just south of the junction with Harden Park. A pedestrian refuge is also due to be installed north of the Harden Park junction, this will take place later in the year."

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Pete Taylor
Saturday 24th August 2024 at 1:37 pm
Why isn’t it 30 coming off the Whitehall Bridge in the other direction i.e. coming into Wilmslow? It’s like a race track in both directions there. Surely the same “downgrading” argument applies, after all it was all the same road before the bypass was constructed .
Julie Green
Sunday 25th August 2024 at 10:52 am
It's amazing how many lamp post road signs are obscured by overhanging trees or so filthy they can't be seen....
Chris Neill
Monday 26th August 2024 at 6:36 am
Looks lovely. When will they fix the potholes.
Gordon Hyslop
Wednesday 28th August 2024 at 6:21 pm
More wasted money when potholes and street sings are in a dreadful state
Laurie Atterbury
Wednesday 28th August 2024 at 7:51 pm
Pot holes first please CEC........
Berkeley Thirsk
Wednesday 28th August 2024 at 8:42 pm
For an authority with a black hole of £100 million, they sure seem able to spend money on useless indications of speed limits.
Who is going to pay to fix the potholes on the A34 where the new surfacing is, for some reason, missing?
There are many patches of new tarmac, covering potholes on lots of local roads, that will have cost plenty - by the end of the coming winter they will all need doing, all over again.
The local authority is as useless as our new government.
Sandy Martin
Wednesday 28th August 2024 at 9:38 pm
Love the way they have been painted over the pot holes
Fran Kennerley
Thursday 29th August 2024 at 5:48 am
What a waste of money, especially the 30 signs just before it drops to 20.

Whether the money has come from local council, central govt or developers, it’s an utter waste when our roads are third world standard.

Which contractor got the red paint job? Any connection to a local councillor?
Jean Berman
Thursday 29th August 2024 at 11:00 am
More wasted money

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