Public Exhibition On Denshaw Road Closure
A section of Denshaw Road in Delph will be shut from a week on Saturday, 9 April, to allow for five months of improvement works to sewers. United Utilities is carrying out an upgrade to guard against flooding.
The affected stretch runs from Lodge Lane to the top of the High Street, close to the White Lion pub. The initial closure is scheduled to last until 2 May, with further work being carried out between 28 May and 5 June, and 23 July and 4 September.
Tomorrow, a public exhibition about the work takes place at Delph Primary School between 3pm and 7pm. Anyone is welcome to go along, and officials from United Utilities and the police will be on hand to explain more and answer any questions.
A diversion will be in place during the work, but unfortunately it’s a bit of a long way round. Vehicles will have to travel via Grains Road and the A672 Oldham Road.
As for the issue of buses, the local borough councillors for Saddleworth North have revealed details of how services will be affected, after holding talks with public transport body GMPTE.
Cllrs Mike Buckley, Derek Heffernan and Alan Roughley rejected an initial proposal that all affected services should terminate at New Delph during the closure of Denshaw Road.
Instead, it’s now expected the 82, X84, 350 and 353 will finish at the junction of Palin Wood Road and Delph Lane. The 354, which travels on to Denshaw, will use the diversion via Grains Road.
The councillors, who announced the revised services in a joint e-mail sent to Saddleworth News, said that the stretch of road between Delph village and Carrcote should be served by a half-hourly shuttle.
Although the work has been timed to try to coincide with school holidays, on days when schools are open, pupils who normally use the 557 or 826 to get to Delph School, Saddleworth School or the Blue Coat School, are being told to use the 350 instead if possible. The councillors added that other alternatives are still being worked on.
United Utilities has been asked to foot the bill for the extra costs which will be borne by the bus companies involved. The statement quoted Cllr Heffernan as saying: “They seem to be wriggling a bit but they cannot avoid their responsibilities.”
Meanwhile, Oldham Council has confirmed that resurfacing will take place on Lees Road on the next two Sundays, 3 April and 10 April. That’s after elements of last year’s original work were judged by council officials not to be up to scratch.
The council has confirmed that the new repairs on Lees Road won’t cost taxpayers anything. You can get more information about that in a council statement here.
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What happens when the council close Grains Road for resurfacing scheduled for April as well? Will the diversion be via Oldham down Ripponden Road and Huddersfield Road! Great planning yet again (not).
Blimey…. as if the lower end of Grains Road isn’t hectic enough at peak times!
It’s like a slalom course as it is with cars parked either side, and there’s always the obligatory wazzock to contend with who refuses to give way to anyone, what with it being his road and all that!
I don’t know what other route they could have come up with, but this seems like a recipe for disaster unless parking is banned at the village end of Grains Road – which would, of course, be a serious pain for the residents.
I assume the 350 will also go via Palinwood, it is not mentioned in article but is the main bus route in Delph.
John, Yes you’re right about the 350, not sure how that ended up being omitted from the list, have corrected that now!