It all looked so promising back in 2020, when Trafford Council had big ambitions to section off a seven mile stretch of the A56 with cones, to provide safe space for cycling. Now here we are, almost four years on and it looks like what remains of the cones are disappearing week by week, with no signs of them being replaced or anything more permanent happening. Is it the end of the A56 pop-up cycle lanes?
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Following on from last month’s update, some more from the transformation of Kingsway, Stretford as the work continues.
Continue reading “More from Stretford-on-sea (Kingsway) – February 2024”
For anyone familiar with my older posts about Stretford may remember proposals for Kingsway, way way back in 2015. These were part of the public realm scheme put forward by the old Tory exec, that saw most of the subways filled at the junction with the A56, making an absolute pig’s ear of the junction and not much else.
Continue reading “Progress on Kingsway, Stretford – January 2024”
Now I wasn’t able to attend the first of the recent Kidical Mass rides back in May this year, which looked like a fantastic event, so I was very keen to get down to September’s Kidical Mass ride.
Continue reading “Manchester Kidical Mass – September 2023”
This is part 2 in my look at RHS Garden Bridgewater, the newly opened gardens in Salford, on what once was the grounds of Worsley New Hall.
Continue reading “Cycling to RHS Garden Bridgewater (Part 2)”
We’ve been waiting with some anticipation for news of the cycle route to RHS Garden Bridgewater opening. Given it’s relatively nearby, we wanted to be able to cycle there, rather than drive, so we’ve been waiting for the walking and cycling path from the Bridgewater Canal to be complete.
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Starting at 2pm in MediaCityUK, we arrived for Dom Whiting‘s Drum & Bass on the Bike ride. If you don’t know who Dom is, he’s the Drum & Bass DJ who’s been cycling round various UK towns and cities on his rather fantastic adapted bakfiets cargo bike, find out more about him on Facebook or watch his videos on YouTube.
Continue reading “Drum & Bass on the Bike Manchester – 27 June 2021”
With all the current discussion going on about the redevelopment of Stretford town centre, it’s good timing that I came across some old negatives of mine, including these shots of Stretford Arndale from the late 80s / early 90s. As you can probably guess, I’m not really sure of the exact date, but it was around that time.
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The Princess Road roundabout is one of number of large busy junctions on Manchester’s inner ring road. Since it was built as part of the Mancunian Way in the 1967, somewhat unsurprisingly, it’s been dominated by motor traffic. It has also had a poor safety record, which has included the sad death of Jaye Bloomfield in 2014, who was killed by a speeding driver while she was cycling across one of the slip roads.
Continue reading “Princess Road and Medlock Street roundabout improvement scheme – February 2021”
On 15 January 2021, Trafford Council and Bruntwood Works published the latest consultation for Stretford Town Centre and Stretford Mall, on the back of the recent fantastic news of £17.6m being awarded to the town from the government’s Future High Streets Fund.
This is the latest in a long line of masterplans and consultations for Stretford town centre, going back to the ill-fated UA92 proposals and the revised Stretford Masterplan and beyond.
Continue reading “Stretford Mall Public Consultation 2021”
Dom Cycling 