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The A628 trunk road connects the M67 motorway from Manchester to the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire.

The road is single-carriageway through Mottram, Hollingworth and Tintwistle and through the Peak District National Park, it is used by large numbers of heavy goods vehicles.

It is one of the most congested A-road routes in the country, with high volumes of traffic ( including HGVs ) using a road which is totally unsuitable for the volume and nature of traffic it carries The A628 through Mottram carries traffic from the A57 road linking Manchester through Glossop to Sheffield over the Snake Pass, another major Trans-Pennine route.

Congestion at peak times backs up through Glossop and Hadfield rendering local journeys impossible.

To solve these problems the Longdendale Bypass was proposed but was vigorously opposed, mainly by non residents, and has not been built.

There is considerable local feeling that there is no viable alternative to a bypass.