A SECTION of Huddersfield Road, Diggle, will close to traffic for up to one week to allow final resurfacing works ahead of the new Saddleworth School opening.
The works are scheduled to start on Monday, February 14 from 6am and will end in the evening of Sunday 20 February. Huddersfield Road will be closed in both directions from the junctions of Ward Lane to Standedge Road.
Access into and out of Diggle village will be via Standedge Road and the diversion route will be fully signposted.
The 184 and 356 bus services will be on diversion and will not serve stops in Diggle. A shuttle bus will operate between Uppermill and Diggle.
Emergency vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and refuse collections will have access to Huddersfield Road at all times.
Access will also be provided at all times to homes and businesses based within the closed off area, with traffic marshals on-hand to safely guide people in. Anyone living or working in the immediate works area will be written to with more information.
An Oldham Council spokesperson said: “These are the final works in a major project to create access to the new Saddleworth School.
“The closure will enable us to safely resurface a final stretch of Huddersfield Road and the new access road to the school.
“It’s essential these works are carried out after most of the major construction ends – so the road surface is in the best possible condition ahead of the new school opening to pupils in the next few weeks.
“We apologise for any inconvenience and thank the community for their continued patience throughout.”
For more information on the highways project visit www.oldham.gov.uk/saddleworthschool
Can’t believe how lovely all the new roadworks are, they’ve made a real difference to our village, it used to have a really scruffy entrance and now it’s all smart again. And can’t wait for the school to open next month, finally Diggle is no longer the poor man’s Uppermill
It was not a scruffy entrance and all the trees destroyed in the process. This village has been made to suffer the most. Apart from the council vandalism and costly in fuel diversions. We are having to also put up with a lousy bus service from Firstbus .with constant strikes,breakdowns and buses missing out the village due to mistakes,roadworks and weather. Time the people and business’s had some compensation.
Just to add insult to injury the labour controlled council are now ramming through plans to build 80 houses on land in front of the school,against the wishes of local villigers. Saddleworth has a very slim Labour presence.Is this not a case of gerimandering? The local council are determined to ruin this and every other villagein Saddleworth.
Correction Gerrymandering.
What is the point of paying towards the Parish Council when Oldham Council over rule decisions made by the Saddleworth Parish Council. So the week after next we have to suffer diversions again. Having had closure also for resurfacing last December. In addition frequent bus strikes have made problems in Diggle even worse. Thank God next week will bring some welcome respite from it all.