75 roads in the Rochdale borough to be fixed in coming weeks

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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