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Transport, active travel and roads

Streetlight check
15 May 26
Transport, active travel and roads

Thousands of streetlights checked to keep Trafford streets safe and well-lit

Trafford Council’s annual structural testing programme for street lighting columns is now under way for 2026.

Row of bright yellow grit-spreading lorries parked in a lot on an overcast day
12 May 26
Transport, active travel and roads
Public spaces

Winter gritting season wraps up in Trafford

Trafford’s winter gritting season officially came to an end in April, following several months of activity to help keep roads and pavements safe...

Ashley Road bridge 2
29 April 26
Transport, active travel and roads

Repairs and refurbishments to get under way at railway bridge in Hale

Essential work to improve a 150-year-old brick railway bridge in Trafford will take place during May and June.

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23 August 24
Transport, active travel and roads

Improvements at busy junction on schedule as part of Stretford transformation

Improvement works at a busy Stretford junction are on schedule to make it safer.

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13 August 24
Transport, active travel and roads

Work begins on Trafford's new red routes

Trafford Council is to install a new ‘red route’ along the A56 corridor and associated side roads from Junction 7 of the M60 to the Manchester City...

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25 July 24
Transport, active travel and roads

New improved protected junctions open along Talbot Road

Cycling, walking and wheeling routes around Trafford continue to grow, after two improved junctions opened to the public this week.

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19 March 24
Transport, active travel and roads

Council launches consultation on red route scheme

Trafford Council has launched a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) consultation into plans for a red route scheme to make two of the borough’s busiest...

Anna and Reg Bown
9 April 26
Transport, active travel and roads

School Crossing Patrol Reg retires at age 91 after 26 years of keeping children safe

A popular, long-time ‘lollipop man’ who helped Sale High School pupils to cross the road safely has finally retired at the age of 91.

Road works
27 March 26
Transport, active travel and roads

£6.5m improvement programme set to begin on Trafford’s roads this spring

One Trafford, the partnership between Trafford Council and Amey, has announced a £6.5 million programme of resurfacing, footway improvements, traffic...

red route
26 March 26
Transport, active travel and roads

Red Route traffic enforcement cameras set to go live around Old Trafford

Enforcement cameras are going live on the ‘no stopping’ Red Route on the A56 Chester Road in Old Trafford to improve safety and ease congestion.

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