Greater Manchester's Big Changes: New Homes, Supermarkets, and Roadworks

0:00UK Store is making news on March 1st, brought to you by NordVPN. If you use public Wi-Fi or care about your privacy online, NordVPN helps keep your connection secure across all your devices, links in the episode description. Greater Manchester is gearing up for a wave of big changes, from new supermarkets and housing estates to road upgrades that could snarl traffic. Key plans include a little store on a disused site off Barton Road in Stretford, right by the M60 motorway and major road work on the A57. Link Road near Machra Moore. Drivers face headaches ahead, with single lane traffic and temporary lights on Machra Moore over two weekends in March, from the 13th to 16th and 20th to 23rd. In Presswitch, Fairfax Road closes for 8 weeks starting March 2nd until May 1st, wrapping up work on a new 14 million pound travel hub. Despite local gripes over past disruptions, housing proposals dominate, like 350 homes on farmland, South of Wigan Road in Bolton,

1:03and another 80 on Greenbelt near Harwood. Village. Old Ham Eyes, 1,700 homes around Beale Valley, with a new Metro Link stop, while Stockport wants to replace a Tesla showroom on the A, 6 with 10 townhouses and 28 apartments including some affordable units. Drivers are pushing to revive Manchester's grey two-listed homie hippodrome, a faded cultural gem, with fresh bids from an anonymous investor and, city support to turn it into a community hub. Meanwhile, Trafford plans 53 affordable homes on grassland off Fursway and Sail. These projects promise growth, but spark debates on green spaces and traffic woes, as councils gather feedback to shape what's next for the region.