News in Alsager

Cheshire East will continue to monitor Pikemere Road to assess whether any measures need to be introduced, following the impact of increased traffic as a result of the Lodge Road active travel scheme.

The Lodge Road scheme was recently discussed as an emergency agenda item at an Alsager Town Council meeting.

Alsager's public realm working group can begin preparing consultation plans, but the town council want the consultation to be carried out at the appropriate time and publicised correctly in order to maximise community response amid Covid-19 restrictions.

'Reclaiming the Road' is the working group's vision and the proposals centre on the delivery of objectives set out in the recently approved Alsager Neighbourhood Plan.

Plans for a major new industrial development on the 40-acre site at Radway Green have been objected to by Alsager Town Council.

Applicants Corbally Holdings Limited and Tilstone Industrial Limited have submitted plans to Cheshire East Council for the development of six warehouses at the former BAE Systems site, on land off Radway Green Road to the west of Alsager.

"Pathetic, ridiculous and wholly inadequate" were just some of the words to describe Alsager Town Council's reaction to rail services being suspended in the town as they call on the train operator to reverse their decision.

East Midlands Railway (EMR) decided to suspend almost all its services for passengers at Alsager from 7th September.

After being overlooked in the first tranche of Cheshire East active travel schemes, Alsager Town Council's request for 20mph speed reductions to be enforced on the main roads into the town, could be granted in the next round of government funding.

Congleton ward councillor Suzie Akers Smith, who is Cheshire East Council's cycling and walking champion, attended Tuesday's Alsager Town Council meeting, to discuss concerns surrounding Alsager's active travel scheme on Lodge Road.

Councillors have urged Cheshire East Council to listen to the 300+ objections submitted against the borough's active travel measure introduced on Lodge Road in Alsager and scrap the scheme.

The Lodge Road active travel scheme was added to Tuesday's Alsager Town Council agenda as an emergency item.

A reserved matters application for five warehouses in Alsager was approved as Cheshire East Council's hands were tied following a condition imposed by the planning inspector at an appeal hearing.

Residents of Alsager had campaigned against the proposals, submitted by Commercial Development Projects, to build the units land south of Crewe Road, known as Radway Green North, Alsager.

Alsager Town's under-18s side are on the lookout for new players this season.

Full-backs, centre halves and forwards are the positions the Bullets crave.

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A SINKHOLE problem in Alsager is not the fault of Cheshire East Council, says one representative.

Cllr June Buckley, a ward councillor for Alsager, says the town has been blighted by a problem with the roads deteriorating for months.