Construction work has now began on the new emergency and urgent care campus on the Stepping Hill Hospital site, and as a result some new traffic management measures are in place.
The new campus is a major £30m investment which will greatly improve services for people in the area. It will have state-of-the-art new facilities, and include include new assessment, treatment and consultation areas for several key emergency and urgent care services including the children’s emergency department, mental health, and medical same day emergency care.
The building work is scheduled to finish in March 2024. Until then, there will be some traffic restrictions on the site, starting on Sunday 7th August.
The main restrictions during this period for vehicles driven by both staff and members of the public are that there will no longer be the option to wait in vehicles at the hospital main entrance, and there is now a one-way system in the area between the Poplar Grove entrance and the Bramhall Moor Lane entrance, which includes the Emergency Department (A&E) area. Vehicles can only left or right at the Pinewood House bus-stop junction, rather than go straight on. Vehicles entering the site from the Bramhall Moor Lane entrance will now only be able to turn left.
This does not apply to emergency ambulances, construction deliveries and other site specific vehicles, and also does not apply to busses. It has been ensured that all public transport routes to the site are still in place, and additional patient drop-off points have been provided to replace the main entrance area.
For further information on the new routes and restrictions, please see the map below.
Traffic management site map - EUCC construction August 2022
Thank you to the public for bearing with us during this period, which will result in a greatly improved emergency and urgent care services.