Manchester Road Closure - When and When

MANCHESTER ROAD CLOSURE - WHERE AND WHEN

Section of Manchester Road to be closed for six weeks

Buses and other traffic will have to use bypass

Drop-in session at The Venue on July 18

AS part of work to re-locate Stocksbridge waste water treatment works, Yorkshire Water will close Manchester Road for six weeks during the school summer holidays.

The road will be closed from midnight on Sunday July 22 until Sunday September 2 in order to lay a new sewer from the current site to where the new sewage works will be built next to the company’s Ewden clean water treatment works, close to the junction with Moor Hall Lane.

Before the closure takes effect, a customer drop in session will be held on July 18, from 2pm to 5pm. Representatives from Yorkshire Water and the bus company Stagecoach will be there to answer any questions residents have. It will be hosted at The Venue, Manchester Road, Stocksbridge.

A Yorkshire Water spokesperson said:

“We do understand that the work will cause disruption for residents and commuters, especially those using public transport. Whilst buses travelling along the diverted route will have longer journey times than normal, we will continue to run buses to the same frequency as normal. We will aim to maintain connections with Supertram as best we can during this time.”

Whilst the road is closed, a clearly signposted diversion will be in place via Vaughton Hill, A616 Stocksbridge Bypass, A61 Penistone Road/ Halifax Road, Leppings Lane and Middlewood Road.

If local residents are unable to attend the drop in session and need information about buses Stagecoach has provided, they can be contacted direct on: Telephone - 01226 202555. Email - yorkshire.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com

To find out more information about the scheme and road closures visit: yorkshirewater.com/Stocksbridge.