Bypass History

Did you know...

• The original Bypass was planned in the 1970s. It was eventually shelved in 1996... The population of the High Peak was approximately 72,000.
• In 2001 it was looked at again when the SEMMMS 20-year plan examined proposals for a
  single carriageway bypass of the A6 through High Lane and Disley. The options considered
  fell wholly within Stockport Metropolitan Borough and Cheshire East. Derbyshire County
  Council did not wish, at the time, to promote a bypass of the A6 between Disley and the
  Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass. The population of the High Peak was approximately 89,000.
• In 2014 the Atkins Report written for SMBC recommended a 6km of single lane carriageway which would connect with a proposed signalised A6MARR junction to the west and at a new roundabout to the
  east of Disley. The population of the High Peak was approximately 93,000.
• The 2014 Atkins report also predicted a dramatic increase in population and road usage between 2014 and 2044.

In that same time the number of car owners, road users, aggregate extraction have all increased dramatically.

In that same time TWO dual carriageway Bypasses have also been successfully built either side of this route.

YET WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A BYPASS!