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To: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Traffic Calming or an Improved Footpath on the bridge on Delph New Road opposite Ladcastle Road

We hereby petition Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council to introduce traffic calming and or a wider and safer footpath on narrow bridge on Delph New Road in between Ladcastle Road and Walkmill.

Why is this important?

There is no barrier between pedestrians and traffic on the bridge, the footpath on this bridge is too narrow for prams, wheelchairs, for two people to pass or to hold a child's hand. There is only one narrow footpath on one side which is at points only 60cm wide and too narrow for most prams and wheelchairs and only accommodates walking single file so a child has to walk either in front or behind an adult. This is very close to Dobcross' only primary school and to therefore part of the school journey for a number of residents. In order to pass the narrowest parts, you have to lift the pram wheels off the kerb and into the road; two people cannot cross at the same time without one having to walk on the road. There have been a number of potentially very serious near misses on this stretch of road recently including: A council bin lorry mounting the kerb centimetres in front of a pram; a double decker bus mounting the kerb metres in front of a family on the path; wingmirrors of passing cars hitting the arms of pedestrians; a child's head almost being hit by the wing mirror of a car. We need to address this stretch of road before somebody, a young child, gets killed or seriously hurt.

Dobcross, Oldham

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Updates

2019-11-07 21:06:43 +0000

Thank you to all of you who have taken the time to sign this petition. We have handed over the petition to day to a local Councillor who will present this to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. We are expecting an update in January 2020.

2019-06-07 15:55:15 +0100

100 signatures reached

2019-05-26 14:28:25 +0100

50 signatures reached

2019-05-25 20:06:50 +0100

25 signatures reached

2019-05-25 14:15:08 +0100

10 signatures reached