Latest! Cheshire East Council have suspended their plans, due mainly to the public outcry, and have asked RailTrack to provide more substantial information showing that there is a problem. This will no doubt take some time to produce and we await the next steps with interest.

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A notice has been published in the Macclesfield Express (3 March 2010) informing of Cheshire East Council Area Highways proposal to apply a 7.5 tonne weight limit to the bridge over the main railway line by the Legh Arms in Brookledge Lane, Adlington.

This is very serious for Bollington because it would mean that all the HGV traffic to and from the industrial areas at Pott Shrigley, in Nab Quarry and at Bakestonedale Road, would have to come through Bollington. Several planning applications for the Pott Shrigley industrial activities have only been supported by Bollington Town Council on the agreement that their heavy traffic would take the short route to the main road at Adlington to avoid the need to come through Bollington.

We, as a town and as individuals, should oppose this restriction tooth and nail. There are various activities that could be undertaken:

• We should ask for a traffic survey to determine the number and size of vehicles that will be diverted through Bollington.
• If the restriction is really needed, we should demand that it be temporary while the bridge is repaired or strengthened. And by temporary I mean the immediate commissioning of the necessary works - not temporary as in some time never.
• A petition has been organised opposing this proposal and everyone should sign it.
• Everyone should write with their objections - address below.

I know that Bollington Town Council take a serious view of this and are lobbying the relevant councillors, including those responsible for the Adlington area.