Dozens of roads across Rochdale will be relaid and repaired in the coming weeks. Council bosses say 75 stretches will be sorted as part of its ‘micro-asphalt’ programme.
More than 12 miles of roads across the Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale and Pennines areas will be looked at, including a section of Bowness Road in Middleton.
The work forms part of wider £4m investment into the borough’s highways network , which also includes a number of other projects, such as the resurfacing of a large section of Bury Road; major improvements to Michael Faraday Avenue; and improvements to the drainage in Overtown Lane in Norden.
Major projects such as the refurbishment of Queen’s Park Bridge in Heywood and the creation of a new pedestrian crossing on St Mary’s Gate, Rochdale, are funded separately. The investment is in addition to smaller scale repairs, covering potholes.
Councillor Shah Wazir, cabinet member for highways at Rochdale Council, said: “Each year we invest millions of pounds into our highways network to keep the roads in good condition and build on the additional investment we’ve ploughed in over recent years.
“The summer micro-asphalt programme is an intensive project which sees us target a large number of roads during the optimum time when the weather is good, so that by autumn, our road network will be in better condition as part of our continual improvement drive. We would like to advise motorists that the new road surface takes a few days to bed in, so it won’t look or feel perfect straight away.”
Micro-asphalt is a surface treatment to boost the condition of the road and extend its life. It provides a smoother, safer surface with improved skid resistance.
The micro-asphalt works are scheduled to start on August 5 and are scheduled to be completed in early October. All homes in the areas set to be targeted will receive a letter in advance of the works starting.
Here is a list of roads set to benefit from the micro-asphalt scheme, broken down by townships:
Heywood:
Queens Park Road: (Shadwell Street - Park)
Magdala Street
Wolsey Street
Goldbrook Close
Goldcraft Close
Willow Street
Hall Street
Cherwell Avenue: (Higher Lomax - Derby Street)
Margaret Street
Clemshaw Close
Middleton:
Tintern Road: (Shrewsbury Close - End of Whalley Road)
Broughton Close: (Milbeck Road - End)
Lever Walk
Kingsway: (Mainway East roundabout - Hardfield Road roundabout)
Kenyon Lane: (Queen Street - Monmouth Street)
Nowell Road
Clough Road: (Fielding Street - Boarshaw Road)
Towncroft Avenue: (Springfield Road - Cul-de Sac end)
Gloucester Road: (Kingsway - Alcester Close)
Mossway: (Manchester New Road - No. 62)
Wythburn Road
Bowness Road: (Windermere Road – 111 Bowness Road)
Pennines:
Whalley Avenue: (Furness Avenue - Calderbrook Road)
Clough Road: (Calderbrook Road - End)
Albert Royds Street Junction: (Roch Street - Riverside Drive)
Dye House Lane: (No. 9 - End)
Kiln Lane: (Hurstead Road - Pennine Drive, one side - footway reconstruction)
Rakewood Road: (Wine Press - Syke Road)
Wood Bank Road
Milbury Drive
Pearson Close
Bealcroft Close
Whitfield Crescent
Raines Crest
Steps Meadow
Bellshill Crescent: (Blackstone - Albert Royds Street)
Heath Road
Brookfield Drive
Kings Grove
Queens Avenue
Rochdale North:
Bury Road: (Moorgate Avenue - War Office Road)
Ramsay Terrace: (Ramsay Street - Ramsay Place
Greenbank Road: (Rossall Road - Syke Road)
Medley Street
Corbett Street
George Street
Aboukir Street
Shawclough Way: (Overdell Drive - Shawclough Road)
Holstein Ave
School Lane
Church Stile
Sparrow Hill
Clarkes Lane
Phoenix Street
Churchill Street: (Rooley Moor Road - Woodstock Street)
Baildon Road
Burwell Close
Higher Wheat Lane
Lower Wheat End
Newbold Moss
Thornbush Way
Tollgate Way
Waterside Lane
Upper Hayes Close
Keepers Drive
Brooks End
Westfield Close
Rochdale South:
Woodhouse Lane (Edenfield Road - Hinson Avenue)
Norman Road: (South of Albion Street - Signals at Dane Street)
Daventry Road: (Hogarth Rd-Ruskin Road, 1 side - footway reconstruction)
Albion Road (Corporation Road - Sparth Bottoms Road)
Chatburn Ave
Lower Tweedale Street
Fieldway
Everest Street
Perth Road
Oulder Hill Drive: (No. 32 - No. 52)Chepstow Close
Disley Street
Greenwich Close
Rouse Street
Kendal Avenue
Gipsy Lane: (Manchester Road - Royal Barn Lane)
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