Residents and businesses in Heaton Chapel are being invited to attend a workshop ahead of a trial Active Neighbourhood that will take place in their area.An Active Neighbourhood aims to help residents to make short trips on foot, by cycle or by public transport, instead of jumping in their car.Active Neighbourhoods also seek to make our roads a safer place for all users.Measures that make up an Active Neighbourhood could include; new crossings; new walking and cycling facilities; traffic calming; measures to prevent ‘rat running’ in residential streets; introduction of measures around schools to improve road safety; and pocket parks.After a period of public consultation held online in October 2020 via the Commonplace platform, the council has have listened to residents comments and suggestions, and has selected an area of Heaton Chapel in which it will run an Active Neighbourhood trial.During this trial, the council will be installing some of the measures previously mentioned on a temporary basis, to see how they can help reduce through traffic and make the streets safer and more pleasant for walking and cycling, and cut out rat running through residential areas.The proposed measures will be in for a period of around 3 months to allow us to assess their effectiveness and understand how they can contribute to making the area more active.In addition, the council is holding a virtual online workshop to talk through the trial proposal and measures, and get your views on the plans. This workshop, held on Microsoft Teams, will take place on Tuesday July 13 at 7pm.Residents can now sign up for the <a href="https://tinyurl.com/activeheatons">July 13 Workshop here and leave their details</a> .The workshop will start with a short presentation followed by a discussion, then break out into small groups where you will get to discuss and give your feedback on the plans for the trial.After the three-month trial is over, we will return the streets to how they were before, then run a further period of consultation to design a permanent Active Neighbourhood scheme for Heaton Chapel, based on the results and feedback received during and after the trial period.Cllr David Meller, Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration, said: “We want the trial to be a success, and for everyone to understand what an Active Neighbourhood is, and what it isn’t.“It will be great to hear from as many residents and businesses of Heaton Chapel as possible so they can shape the Active Neighbourhood in their area.”For more information visit the council&#39;s <a href="https://www.stockport.gov.uk/activeneighbourhoods">Active Neighbourhoods pages</a> .

Online workshop to be held as Active Neighbourhood trial in Heaton Chapel hits next milestone

Chris Boardman, Greater Manchester’s Walking and Cycling commissioner, is urging residents in the Heatons to have their say on whether they would like to see an Active Neighbourhood in their area.For the past five and a half weeks, Stockport Council has been running an engagement exercise to see if residents would support an Active Neighbourhood in the Heatons and Romiley.An Active Neighbourhood aims to enable residents to make short trips on foot or by cycle, instead of jumping in their car. Active Neighbourhoods also seek to make our roads safer for everyone as well.The engagement exercise ends on October 23 but so far in the Heatons, residents have made more than 5,500 contributions to the site, which includes people commenting or liking suggestions on the map.Chris Boardman, Greater Manchester’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, said:“Stockport Council is moving at pace with their plans to enable more people to walk, scoot, wheel and cycle everyday trips like going to the shops or going to school.“Active Neighbourhoods are simply residential areas where people are prioritised over cars. By removing through access to cars, rat-running is stopped and streets can be transformed into areas where kids can play and ride scooters and bikes.“These changes can be achieved in a number of ways and they don’t have to be big. Additional benches, some planters and tweaks to the road layout is often all that is needed.“Everyone still has full access to their homes, it just ceases being a shortcut for those that are using your road to hurry somewhere else.”To view the video, visit: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=681176939172305">https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=681176939172305</a>

Chris Boardman urges Heatons residents to have their say on Active Neighbourhood exercise

Chris Boardman urges Heatons and Romiley residents to have their say on Active Neighbourhood exercise

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