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The Cabinet Member for
Parks, Highways & Transport Services has considered a report
outlining that the council had secured funding to develop a Quality
Bus Transit (QBT) corridor, aiming to make travel quicker and
easier for bus passengers in Stockport. This initiative was being
developed in collaboration with Transport for Greater Manchester
(TfGM) and was funded by the government's City Region Sustainable
Transport Settlement (CRSTS). The project was part of a major
investment spanning the entire 330 bus route connecting Stockport
to Ashton via Hyde and Dukinfield, which would see enhancements to
bus stops, junctions, crossings, and access points.
 
It was noted that the
‘Great Portwood Street Puffin Crossing scheme’ had been
considered and recommended for approval by the Central Stockport
Area Committee at its meeting on 1 August 2024, however since that
date it had been necessary to make some minor amendments to the
proposed schedule of traffic regulation orders to accommodate a
design change to the proposed puffin crossing.
 
The Cabinet Member
Parks, Highways & Transport Services has then given approval to
the proposed Great Portwood Street Puffin Crossing scheme including
the provision of a new Puffin crossing including controlled area
(Zig Zag markings) on Great Portwood Street, and the provision of a
raised table at junction of Richard Street/ Marsland Street and to
the legal advertising of the associated traffic regulation orders
as detailed at Appendix A to the report and, subject to the receipt
of no objections within 21 days of the advertisement date, the
subsequent making of the orders.

Alternative options considered

No other options were considered appropriate
to deliver the required outcomes of the scheme.