People living on a busy Stockport road say they have been plagued by endless roadworks for the last two years - and want it to stop.
Manchester Road, in Heaton Chapel, has been repeatedly dug up to allow utilities firms - responsible for electricity, water, gas and internet - to carry out maintenance and upgrade work.
Residents accept it needs to be done, but are urging the council - which issues the permits - to better ‘coordinate’ the work and bring the ‘constant’ disruption to an end.
They also want town hall bosses to reclassify the route, as its current status as a ‘strategic transport route’ means signs direct traffic - including HGVs - along it, rather than the A6 being the main road to Manchester.
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