Council step up to the mark

Long awaited work on the steps linking Wharf Road car park to Biddulph High Street has finally started. The £28,000 project aims to widen the stairs and improve the lighting and planting, and link the Primary Care Centre to the steps with a defined pedestrian walkway. Plans were drawn up for the project to redesign the steps in 2012 but a dispute over land ownership has led to a delay. Now the work has begun and is expected to take around 8 weeks to complete.