SADDLEWORTH will see millions of pounds spent on its roads and infrastructure after Oldham Council secured its portion of more than £250 million of funding.
This year the authority has been awarded more than £3.8 million to improve streets, pavements and bridges across the borough.
That means the area will see changes both in the medium and long-term, with some schemes costing more than £1 million each.
Under the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), distributed by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), a £1.4 million maintenance program will see £145,800 spent on Wall Hill Road, which links Dobcross to Scouthead.

That will see work done from houses 54-80 and at its junction with the A62 Oldham Road.
In Greenfield, £107, 376 has been earmarked for the full length of Queensway, while other schemes have been pinpointed in the Integrated Transport Block (ITB).
That means traffic calming measures will be put in place between Uppermill and Dobcross as a 20mph speed limit introduced after the Covid-19 pandemic hit will be made permanent.
A new zebra crossing will be installed on Greenfield’s Chew Valley Road, next to the canal bridge and the Tesco supermarket and in Lees, the junction of Higher Turf Lane and the A62 will be made one way and visibility improved.

Longer term, more than £1 million will be spent to strengthen and refurbish retaining walls and masonry at Denshaw Bridge on Delph Road.
Starting in the financial year 2024/25, £525,000 will see Dunham Street bridge in Lees either fully replaced or majorly refurbished.
And a £1.1 million project will see the same at the Warlow Brook culvert, on Greenfield’s Manchester Road.
More generally, barriers will be enhanced or replaced, disabled access improved and more disabled bays installed.
News of the funding boost was greeted by Councillor Chris Goodwin, Oldham Council’s cabinet member for neighbourhoods, who said: “Improving the condition of our roads has always been a priority for the council as we know residents feel strongly about them.
“Any councillor will tell you it is one of the biggest issues residents raise with them. And rightly so because they play a big part in our lives.
“Maintaining more than 850km of road isn’t easy but the council takes a proactive approach to looking after our roads rather than waiting for them to deteriorate.
“We want to provide good quality roads for residents and motorists, and this funding will help us do that.
“A lot of our schemes are shovel ready so residents will hopefully start to see results straight away.
“Any works on the network lead to some inconvenience but we’ll look to make sure they are kept to a minimum. Short-term disruption will mean better driving, cycling and walking conditions in the long term.”
Some of the money would be better spent on buying land for parking opposite the terraced houses on Dobcross New Rd, to ease the flow of traffic at this notorious bottle neck. Often buses and large vehicles are held up for ten minutes or more. The church owns the field (I think) and may be amenable to a sale?
What about the parking on the double yellows in Delph and the position of the bus stop outside the co op .This is a accident waiting to happen but I suppose we will have to wait for that until something is done .
Especially the curry delivery drivers Audi A4 and Seat Leon that park outside the beauticians as the road crests to a blind left hand bend when travelling towards the Sound outside the library.
Will anything ever be done at the junction of Platting Road and Huddersfield Road near the old Star pub? This junction is now becoming notorious with multiple smashes and nothing being done to ease it or stop it. We have had 3 serious accidents here that I know of so far this year at this junction.
Why has no action been taken to improve sight lines at the Library Junction in Delph. In the days of the former WRCC, there were two traffic mirrors. However the present Borough Council refuse to provide replacements. (“Not enough reported accidents”).
Not sure Higher Turf Lane is classed as Lees. Also would be better to make the exit at Lower Turn Lane opposite one way instead. Also agree with all the previous comments but with OMBC using their “preferred” framework contractors, the budget will never stretch far enough.
What about the footpaths on Ripponden Road in Denshaw – they’re collapsing and have no money to fix it for the foreseeable – it is a disgrace and a danger to the community!
Church Road Greenfield needs looking they are forever filling potholes that often shake the houses.
I think Lower Turf Lane is the one the should be one way. But that would cause problems as well, as cars turning into it from A62 would know no traffic would be coming up so 50 mph would be the norm!
As some drivers now try to achieve that in both direction now. 20mph restriction would help and speed
bumps as well.
If that happens the junction at Heywood Lane and the A62 would need improving for traffic turning right as it is blind to traffic coming up from Oldham.