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.
Local rail accessibility campaigner Nathaniel Yates met with Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart at Woodley Station in Hazel Grove constituency, to highlight the limited access at the station and the need for DfT funding...
The importance of accessible train stations is not only a critical issue about fairness, but also about growth, local Lib Dem MP Lisa Smart told the Government, in a debate on step-free access for stations.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has been asked to make a statement to the House on the transport delays across the Northern network, following Lisa Smart MP’s recent question to the Commons.
Greater Manchester’s vision of eliminating all deaths and life-changing injuries on our roads can only come about if the authority changes its approach to installing speeds cameras at known danger spots, says parliamentary candidate Lisa Smart.
Parliamentary Candidate Lisa Smart has slammed the Tory Roads Minister, Richard Holden MP, for a three year delay in updating crucial guidance on road cameras, after he said the update “has taken longer than hoped”.
The Department for Transport is over three years late in revising a crucial piece of safety information for local councils on the use of speed cameras.