Stockport Town Centre West – Active Travel

• Proposed widening of the pavements to reduce crossing distances and the provision of a raised road surface with uncontrolled crossings, with tactile paving to traffic calm and provide a level walking surface for users.  The existing traffic calming features on Dale Street, either side of the junction are to be removed.
• A Zebra crossing is proposed to the south of the junction on Dale Street to provide a link between Edgeley Park and Alexandra Park.

• Double yellow lines have been proposed on Cheadle Old Road on the approach to Alexandra Park to maintain access into the park.
• Replacement of the barrier control at the park entrance with a drop-down bollard to allow better cycle access, including for cycles with trailers and adapted cycles.

• Redesign as a shared use path with amended barrier control, signage and surfacing.
• Relocation of street lighting to the edge of the path.
• Introduction of double yellow lines at the end of Reservoir Road to prevent obstruction of access to the path by parked vehicles.

• A CYCLOPS (Cycle Optimised Protected Signals) junction is proposed at the junction of Adswood Road and Stockholm Road. A CYCLOPS provides cyclists with their own safe route around the junction, separated from pedestrians and vehicles. The CYCLOPS junction will be accessed from Stockholm Road by new cycle paths.
• A segregated pedestrian and cycle route is proposed on the east side of Adswood Road from Rostrevor Road to Newsham Road and a shared use route over the railway bridge from Newsham Road to Vicarage Road.  At Vicarage Road, cyclists can leave and enter the carriageway to an existing raised junction table. 
• An existing shared use route on the western side of Adswood Road is proposed to be retained to link to cycle lanes on Adswood Road.

A Zebra crossing is proposed on Rostrevor Road to provide pedestrian access to and from St Ambrose RC Primary School.