Rochdale: temporary local road closures and restrictions
Area: Rochdale
Expected finish: Sunday 2 January 2022, or until such measures are deemed unnecessary.
Restriction and location:
Temporary closure of Packer Street, from its junction with Nelson Street for a distance of 56 metres in a northerly direction.
Temporary one-way operation on Nelson Street. Vehicles will not be able to travel in a westerly direction between the junction with Church Lane and the junction with King Street.
No waiting for any vehicle in the following areas:
The east side of King Street, from a point 5 metres north of its junction with Nelson Street to a point 39 metres south of its junction with Fleece Street.
Campaigners fighting plan to auction off invaluable woodland for housing
The site is said to be home to a variety of wildlife, including deer, herons, badgers, foxes, and the protected kingfisher.
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Sign at Mill Fold Woods, Littleborough
A newly-formed campaign group is fighting plans to sell off an invaluable woodland in Littleborough for housing.
Formerly home to Stubley Mill, the two-acre site between Mill Fold Gardens and the River Roch is to be auctioned off later this month.
The auction prospectus promotes the land – known locally as Mill Fold Woods – as being suitable for a housing scheme of eight luxury homes.
Alternatively, it says, the plot could accommodate 25 homes in a higher density scheme, were the pond to be filled in.
But the plans have ‘horrified’ residents of the nearby Stubley Mill Estate, who have formed a campaign group to ‘secure the site for future generations’.
Multi-million pound flood scheme off the starting blocks Date published: 10 March 2021
The Gale site in Littleborough, taken from Todmorden Road, where the new access ramp will be constructed. As part of Phase 1B of the scheme, this will be the site that becomes the flood storage reservoir.
Enabling works for a multi-million pound flood alleviation scheme in Littleborough which aims to protect around 1,000 homes are set to get underway in the coming weeks.
The first phase of the scheme involves the construction of a storage reservoir at Gale, just off Todmorden Road, and a programme of measures to improve water flow and flood defences along the River Roch and its tributaries. These measures should improve flood protection for 1,000 residential properties and 200 local businesses.