We're all aware of the congestion blocking roads across the area – the A6, Bents Lane and the Bredbury roundabout, and across Marple and Marple Bridge.
This can only be fixed by long-term planning. We've already successfully campaigned for the Metrolink to be extended to Stockport, which provides a platform for improved public transport across our area. We're working on tram–train links from there towards Marple, getting more out of the rail freight system across our area, making more of our stations accessible, and delivering more regular trains towards Manchester.
Liberal Democrats are calling on the Greater Manchester Mayor to step in where National Governments of the past have failed and extend bus pass hours for elderly and disabled transport users.
Commuters across Greater Manchester with Railcards – including Veterans and 16–25 Railcards – face choosing between at least ten different fares in order to get the best deal when travelling into Manchester from towns like Marple.
Hazel Grove MP Lisa Smart recently visited Manchester Airport to talk to airport bosses about improving transport to work for the hundreds of residents in her constituency who work at the site.
A major campaign by the Manchester Evening News to help keep children in school when they've been forced to move by homelessness has been backed by local MP Lisa Smart.
Just days after Hazel Grove MP Lisa Smart led a parliamentary debate demanding the government make it easier for local communities to get speed cameras, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has released updated guidance, in line with her demands.
Metrolink is coming to Stockport, after the Government announced a funding package for the regions, including money for an extension of the link to the area.