Decision details

Approval of proposed opening times and traffic management arrangements as set out in the accompanying report “Reopening of Household Waste Recycling Centres. Highway Mitigation Measures.”

Currently, all Household Waste Recycling Centres are closed to the public as a consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority Leaders have decided that some HWRCs in the GM region will reopen to the public and the proposed site for Bury is Cemetery Road, Radcliffe.

The proposed opening date is Saturday, 02 May 2020 and the proposed opening hours are 0900-1500 Mon-Fri and 0800-1800 Sat-Sun.

Whilst Suez will operate the HWRC, Traffic Management plans have been drawn up by Council Engineers to protect the B6292 Ainsworth Road and adjacent residential roads as well as to control the large queues expected and will be installed and operated by a private company.

Costs of the traffic management proposals are in the order of £6,500 per week. These costs are to be met by GMCA.

The situation on site will be assessed on a rolling basis with the opportunity of relaxing mitigation measures should pressures be less than anticipated or strengthening them if required.