Tributes have poured in for a 'beautiful' young woman who died in a tragic accident in Spain - as her family desperately try to fly her back home to the UK.
28.05.2023 - 18:25 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Residents in a village where 2000 HGVs pass through every day are dismayed by long delays to a bypass to reduce their traffic nightmare.
Villagers told how can’t open their windows due to the constant roar of vehicles travelling through the tiny community.
Along with the heavy goods vehicles, around 23,000 cars, vans and motorbikes take the route through Hollingworth in Greater Manchester.
The long-awaited Mottram Bypass was expected to be under construction by now, but the £223 million project has been hit by fresh delays.
The bypass, which has been 50 years in the making, was the subject of a legal challenge by environmental charity, the Campaign for Rural England.
Building work was due to start this spring, but a judicial review will now be carried out, causing a delay of “several months”.
Villager Dorothy Turton, 75, who runs a shop which has been in her family for three generations, told the Manchester Evening News: “I’ve had triple glazing put in, but you can still hear the noise.
“I cannot have the door open because of the noise and dust. I have put some books outside for sale in aid of the church today, but they’ll be covered in dust by the end of the day.
“The traffic is terrible. Even on a Sunday it’s bad.
“It’s more or less chokka block every day. You just need an accident or a little bit of road works and the traffic almost goes all the way to Sheffield.”
But Dorothy said the planned bypass won’t solve the traffic issue, adding many people believe it will make it worse.
She added: “And I don’t want it to go through the green belt.
“I’ve opposed it in the past because I think there should be traffic restrictions instead. I just want the cars and lorries to go around - keep them on the motorways!”
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Tributes have poured in for a 'beautiful' young woman who died in a tragic accident in Spain - as her family desperately try to fly her back home to the UK.
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