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Cllr Arooj Shah, Leader of Oldham Council, and Dame Sarah Storey, Active Travel Commissioner for Greater Manchester, walking along the new School Street in Lees.

Lees School Street Trial is a Huge Success

Published: Wednesday, 02nd April 2025

With support from Oldham Council and TfGM, Hey with Zion Primary School and St. Edwards RC Primary School introduced a new School Street at the start of the 2024 academic year.

  • Oldham Bus Station

    Views wanted on proposals for quicker, safer and more reliable journeys in Oldham and Royton

    Published: Wednesday, 19th February 2025

    Communities and businesses are being asked to shape proposals to make journeys in Oldham and Royton quicker, safer, more reliable and more accessible.

  • Cllr Arooj Shah and Dame Sarah Storey, alongside children from St. Edward's and Hey with Zion schools, the headteachers, and the ward councillors.

    Oldham’s New School Street Welcomed by Community and Local Leaders

    Published: Wednesday, 13th November 2024

    A special celebration took place on Wednesday 13th November, to mark the official launch of the new School Street at Hey with Zion Primary School and St Edwards RC Primary School in Lees.

  • Sign outside the school promoting the upcoming School Street

    Oldham's New School Street in Lees

    Published: Wednesday, 28th August 2024

    Oldham Council is launching a new School Street at Hey with Zion Primary School and St Edwards RC Primary School in Lees this September.

  • Children walking to school, with their parents in the background.

    Oldham Schools Achieve Modeshift Accreditation, Promoting Sustainable Travel

    Published: Wednesday, 07th August 2024

    Seven schools in Oldham have proudly achieved Modeshift accreditation in the last academic year, 2023-2024.

  • Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, with Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, and Leader of Oldham Council, Cllr Arooj Shah.

    Newly Appointed Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, Joins Greater Manchester Leaders to Celebrate Bus Fleet Transformation

    Published: Thursday, 11th July 2024

    Today, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, joined Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Leader of Oldham Council Cllr Arooj Shah in Oldham.

  • Disabled parking spaces

    Disabled Parking Update

    Published: Tuesday, 23rd April 2024

    It’s important that Oldham is a safe and accessible place for disabled visitors.

  • Bee Network bus information display.

    Welcome to the Bee Network!

    Published: Monday, 25th March 2024

    Oldham, alongside Rochdale, and parts of Bury, Manchester and Salford, are now part of the Bee Network.

  • Oldham Council gritters

    After an avalanche of entries, the super six are ready to hit the road…

    Published: Thursday, 30th November 2023

    Oldham’s school children have done us proud and come up with some great names for our six new gritters.

  • Oldham town centre bollards

    Town centre made safer, cleaner and greener

    Published: Monday, 18th September 2023

    New bollards have been put in place to stop vehicles driving through a pedestrianised area of Oldham town centre.

  • Injuries are falling on Oldham’s roads – but we can all do our bit to make them even safer

    Published: Thursday, 27th July 2023

    The borough's roads are getting safer for pedestrians, motorists and cyclists.

  • taxi licensing

    Small change to how the borough's licensed vehicles look gets green light

    Published: Wednesday, 26th July 2023

    Over the coming months taxi and private hire passengers will see small changes to how the borough’s fleet of licensed vehicles look.

  • School Streets First

    Dame Sarah Storey backs school safety scheme

    Published: Wednesday, 28th June 2023

    Dame Sarah Storey OBE - Active Travel Commissioner for Greater Manchester – has backed Oldham’s first School Street.

  • Plans to improve major town centre route to get underway following funding boost

    Published: Tuesday, 20th June 2023

    Oldham Council has secured £900,000 of funding to start planning work aimed at improving one of the major gateways into the town centre.

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