New crossing opens in Heaton Moor following schoolgirl's plea for safer route to school
A new pedestrian crossing has opened in Heaton Moor, at the junction of Broomfield Road, Heaton Moor Road, and Peel Moat Road.
It comes after 10-year-old Hannah wrote to Stockport MP Navendu Mishra for a safer route to her primary school.
Hannah's letter was forwarded to Stockport Council's highways team - Cllr Grace Baynham, cabinet member for highways and transport, later confirmed that works could take place.
Work started on 27 January, and lasted around 10 weeks.
Stockport Council said the new crossings and traffic lights will make travel between schools, workplaces and shops more safe.
Hannah said: "I sent a letter in asking about a crossing and explaining the reasons why I wanted it because normally we have to go to the crossing all the way down near Shaw Road and then it'll make me late for school.
"But with these new lights it's really easy to cross and I'll be using this every day now."
Cllr Grace Baynham added: "While plans for the crossing were already in motion as part of the council's wider commitment to sustainable travel, Hannah's letter reinforced just how important the improvements would be for local families.
"Her passion for road safety and sustainable travel brought real attention to the need for safer walking routes – and she was the perfect person to help mark the completion of the project.
"We know all about the hard work that the team at St Thomas' are doing to encourage active travel on a daily basis, including their work in setting up and maintaining a School Street.
"We're working hard to create green, more inclusive and safer neighbourhoods and one way to do this is improving our sustainable travel routes across the borough, so we can help everyone make better travel choices on a day-to-day basis."
Chris Silk, deputy head at St Thomas' in the Heatons, said: "It will make a massive difference to our school community by encouraging yet more active travel to our school.
"As a school, we have worked hard to reduce our impact on the environment and to educate our pupils about the benefits of active travel. Infrastructure like this crossing really supports these messages.
"I'm very proud of Hannah for taking the initiative to write to ask for this crossing."
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