News, Information and an award winning Podcast right from the heart of Ramsbottom
With halfterm school holidays on the way, you can pretty much always expect some roadworks to be happening around Ramsbottom.
This time, there is a bit of digging going to be happening on Nuttall Lane, potentially adding a few extra minutes to your commute if you live down in the Nuttall Lane/Whittingham Drive estate areas.
Thanks to roadworks.org you can find out the details of these roadworks.
Nuttall Lane Roadworks 30 May – 3 Jun 2019
Ramsbottom is once again set to become gridlocked with more planned road works. This time however it’s not resurfacing of Bridge Street nor a closure for another (fantastic) festival, It’s not even to fix broken water pipes due to the heavy goods vehicles that use our roads. This time it’s gas. Gas pipe replacement works.
Twitter follower Alan Groves brought to my attention (cheers Alan) recently the planned road works ready to hit Ramsbottom this coming Monday which will undoubtedly cause congestion and suffering over all our already busy routes.
@thisisrammysite Digging up Rammy this summer https://t.co/55R3L9BaJf
— Alan Groves (@TheSameTimeLord) July 17, 2018
The planned start date for the works is Monday the 23rd of July 2018.
On the morning of Thursday the 9th if June a large sinkhole appeared in the middle of the cross section between Tanners Street and Rostron Road.
It’s believed the cause of this is likely due to heavy rain and flash floods in the past 24 hours.
Early reports suggest the work could continue to repair the sinkhole on until the 13th if June but this could extend once more investigation is done into the cause of the sinkhole.
Residents are being forced to park on side roads but parking has always been a premium on Tanners Street.
This is Rammy understands a car was towed away earlier when the owner was unable to be contacted so that roadworks could begin.
I have since been informed that the owner of the car was located and was able to move it before it was towed away.
The car was sitting directly on the hole.
Roadworks on Manchester Road in Ramsbottom are expected to be in place until the 10th of May causing many delays and frustration for drivers especially at rush hour.
The frequently repaired stretch of road is currently being worked on by Electricity North West who have yet to comment on the cause of the repairs but it’s likely to be damaged cables although they have recently been replacing cables in a large upgrade project.
[Read more…] about Roadworks expected to cause misery for a further week