Delays to opening a new footbridge over train tracks in Stockport are down to a ‘cock up’ between rail and council bosses, it has been claimed. The replacement bridge, which connects Thomson Street and King Street West, is a key part of a Bee Network Scheme to improve walking and cycling links connecting Edgeley and Stockport town centre.
Providing a segregated route for those travelling by bike or on foot, the five-metre wide structure has been in place since September - but has remained boarded up ever since. Network Rail chiefs say delays in designing and installing the lighting on the bridge - as well as the impact of railway strikes - are behind the setback, but they hope to have the crossing open next month.
But furious Edgeley councillor Matt Wynne says residents need to know for certain when it will finally open to the public. He said: “It appears the designs for lighting on the bridge have only just been agreed and submitted. This should have been sorted out many many months ago and there has been a cock up here between the council and Network Rail.”
