A main road in Stockport is to be permanently closed to through traffic as work to pedestrianise part of the town centre gets underway.
A stretch of Churchgate and Millgate, which runs between the Market Hall and St Mary's Church, is to be blocked at either end to make way for a new traffic-free walkway. It is part of a wider £800k scheme which will also see automatic bollards used to further restrict vehicle access to the area around the Market Place and Underbanks.
Council chiefs say it will protect pedestrians and cyclists and make the historic part of the town "more inviting and safer for people to visit." A consultation was held on the plans last Autumn before they were given the go-ahead in December. The town hall says over 500 responses were received as part of that and that overall the scheme received support.
