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A Start Date for the Mottram-in-Longdendale, Hollingworth & Tintwistle Bypass

Closed 2,456 signatures

What the petition asks

After an 50 year wait, the government in 2014 [yet again] gave the go ahead for the A57/A628 Mottram-in-Longdendale, Hollingworth & Tintwistle Bypass to be built. Since then, locals and local politicians are unable to get a start date. We ask the government to name the day work will commence.
Thousands of people a day sit in the traffic queues that start on the M67 and continue through Mottram-in-Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle. People have been campaigning for the Longdendale Bypass (also known as the A57/A628 Mottram-in-Longdendale, Hollingworth & Tintwistle Bypass) for almost 50 years. In 2014, the Conservative government approved funding and said phase 1 (Mottram Bypass and Glossop Spur) would go ahead. Since then, the government has refused to give a start date.

Timeline

4 Mar 2016 Petition opened for signatures
4 Sep 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 2,456
Status Closed
Opened 4 Mar 2016
Closed 4 Sep 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.