Work on Hatherton Bends

Work is underway on the Hatherton Bends. Earlier this month, AudlemOnline pointed out that work agreed between the police and Cheshire East Council in the summer had not resulted in any of the work being carried out. We are glad to report that highways teams have now been hard at work.

There has been much discussion on the Chatbox over recent months with some correspondents saying the spate of accidents is down to bad drivers travelling too fast while others argue there is something wrong with the road itself.

Both could well be right. The police certainly thought there was a problem with the road and met with Cheshire East highways department and agreed some improvements.

After an earlier accident and much local campaigning, AudlemOnline published details of the planned improvements on 31st August this year, quoting from a letter responding by a local campaigner:

The police said: "I agree with you in your letter that the road layout/design does appear to be a significant causatory factor in many of these incidents – a conclusion supported by the number of one vehicle collisions that have taken place."

The police then said they had supplied Cheshire East Highways Department with their figures and asked for a meeting to discuss possible engineering solutions.

After further chasing, the police confirmed a meeting with Highways had taken place who had agreed to undertake work on the bends. Specifically they are going to scrape back the carriageway where the bank has slipped down onto the road surface, place a solid white line along the road edge, renew the signage and look to place some additional slow signs on approaches and finally look into putting down solid white lines along the centre of the carriageway.

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