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BOYS BRIGADE WALK – DEANSGATE 21/10/2021 10:07:13

SUNDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2021 FROM 13:00HRS UNTIL 15:45HRS

**ADVISORY**

ANNUAL CITY CENTRE EVENT

SUNDAY 24^TH OCTOBER 2021

FROM 13:00HRS UNTIL 15:45HRS

BOYS BRIGADE WALK – DEANSGATE

ROLLING ROADBLOCK

During the above date and times, the annual Boys Brigade walk along Deansgate to Manchester Cathedral will take place. Between 13:00 and 13:45 the procession will travel between Liverpool Road and the Cathedral. It will return between 15:00 and 15:45. No hard road closures are planned, instead this procession will be treated as a rolling roadblock

FREEDOM OF THE CITY 18/10/2021 11:06:34

SATURDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2021 FROM 06:00 UNTIL 14:00

**CITY CENTRE EVENT**

FREEDOM OF THE CITY

SATURDAY 30^TH OCTOBER 2021

FROM 06:00 UNTIL 14:00

Affected Services: 8 36 37 

Details. Manchester City Council will be conferring the Honorary Freedom of the City of Manchester upon 209 (The Manchester Artillery)

Battery, 103 Regiment Royal Artillery in recognition of their distinctive and eminent service at a ceremony in St Peter’s Square on

Saturday 30 October from 11am, followed by a march around the city

Key Times

• Previous day: Stage built
• 06:00-09:00: Stage finished & dais built
• 06:00-07:00: Road closures implemented
• 07:00-10:00: Barriers installed on route
• 10:30: Military line up on Peter Street
• 10:55: Short procession to St Peter's Square from Peter Street*
• 11:00: Service and confirmation
• 11:20: Military Parade around the city
• 11:50: Military eyes right on St Peter's Square
• 11:55: National Anthem
• 12:00 reception inside Central Library
• 11:40-13:40: Barriers cleared
• 14:00: All roads reopen

Services that have been delayed due to roadworks 07/10/2021 12:07:22

From the 9th May

Keeping you moving during the roadworks

In recent weeks, some of our services have been heavily disrupted due to roadworks across Greater Manchester. We apologise for the delays and would like to set out our plans to adjust services to keep you moving during this period of disruption.

Currently we are experiencing long-term roadworks in the following locations:

• Swinton centre – junction re-building works at the A6 Chorley Road/Partington Lane/Station Road junction. This is currently causing delays of 20-30 minutes during peak times to services 21, 22, 29, 36, 37, 66, X39.
• A6 Chapel Street / Salford Crescent – works to replace the granite block road surface mean there are no bus lanes on this section until September. This is causing delays to services 8, 36, 37, X39.
• New Bailey Street – construction work means there is two-way temporary lights for 18 months underneath the railway bridge at Salford Crescent station. This is causing further delays to the 8, 36, 37 and X39.
• Wash Lane, Bury is currently closed at the junction with Rochdale Road until mid-June. The volume of traffic diverting onto Rochdale Road means that services from Bury towards Heap Bridge and Heywood are becoming significantly delayed during peak times. These works are compounded by an Electricity North West lane closure on Rochdale Road and the closure of the exit from Bury Interchange onto Angouleme Way from 10^th
• Ongoing short-term roadworks, RTCs, and other events on the highway network that cause disruption from time to time.

What are we doing to address these delays?

• Ongoing dialogue with TfGM, local councils and other stakeholders to influence and speed up roadworks. As a result of this dialogue, there will be no works in Swinton during the AM peak from next week (W/C Sunday 02 May 2021), in order to improve bus punctuality.
• Liaising with local councils to take action when utility companies and other contractors undertake unauthorised works. For example, contractors carrying out works last week on Tonge Moor Road (Services 507/533) and Newbrook Road (Service 582) without permission were fined by Bolton and Wigan Councils.
• Adding extra buses to the network to provide more recovery time after each journey, from 9^th May services 36, 37, 162, 163 will be operated slightly differently to ensure that journeys are leaving the start points on time. The customer timetable remains unchanged.