The Metrolink is the biggest light rail system in the UK. Trams serve destinations such as Manchester, Salford, Manchester Airport, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Didsbury, and Ashton-under-Lyne. Cycling in Greater Manchester The M60 motorway, seen here at Failsworth, is an orbital motorway in Greater Manchester. A Metrolink tram in Radcliffe, part of Greater Manchester's light rail network First Greater Manchester operate bus services in northern-Greater Manchester. a b c d Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority. "The Greater Manchester Area and its Regional Context". gmltp.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. Redcliffe-Maud's recommendations were accepted by the Labour-controlled government in February 1970. [36] Although the Redcliffe-Maud Report was rejected by the Conservative government after the 1970 general election, there was a commitment to local government reform, and the need for a metropolitan county centred on the conurbation surrounding Manchester was accepted. The new government's original proposal was much smaller than the Redcliffe-Maud Report's Selnec, with areas such as Winsford, Northwich, Knutsford, Macclesfield and Glossop retained by their original counties to ensure their county councils had enough revenue to remain competitive ( Cheshire County Council would have ceased to exist). [36] Other late changes included the separation of the proposed Bury/Rochdale authority (retained from the Redcliffe-Maud report) into the Metropolitan Borough of Bury and the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. Bury and Rochdale were originally planned to form a single district (dubbed "Botchdale" by local MP Michael Fidler) [37] [38] but were divided into separate boroughs. To re-balance the districts, the borough of Rochdale took Middleton from Oldham. [39] During the passage of the bill, the towns of Whitworth, Wilmslow and Poynton successfully objected to their incorporation in the new county. [36] Post-1974 [40]

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Monthly weather forecast and Climate – Manchester, United Kingdom". Weather Atlas . Retrieved 9 January 2022. Greater Manchester lies at the heart of the North West transport network. Much of the infrastructure converges at Manchester city centre with the Manchester Inner Ring Road, an amalgamation of several major roads, circulating the city centre. The county is the only place in the UK to have a fully orbital motorway, [204] the M60, which passes through all of the boroughs except Bolton and Wigan. Greater Manchester has a higher percentage of the motorway network than any other county in the country, [205] and according to the Guinness Book of World Records, it has the most traffic lanes side by side (17), spread across several parallel carriageways ( M61 at Linnyshaw in Walkden, close to the M60 interchange). [206] [207] Greater Manchester's 85mi (137km) of motorway network saw 5.8billion vehicle kilometres in 2002– about 6% of the UK's total, or 89,000vehicles a day. [204] The A580 "East Lancs" road is a primary A road that connects Manchester and Salford with Liverpool. It was the UK's first purpose-built intercity highway and was officially opened by George V on 18 July 1934. [208] Throughout 2008, there were proposals for congestion charging in Greater Manchester. [209] [210] Unlike the London scheme, two cordons would have been used, one covering the main urban core of the Greater Manchester Urban Area and another covering Manchester city centre. [211] a b c "2011 Census – Built-up areas". ONS. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013 . Retrieved 1 July 2013.Greater Manchester Marathon Ltd (2012). "General Information". greatermanchestermarathon.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013 . Retrieved 28 April 2012. See also: List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester and High Sheriff of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has served as the inaugural Mayor of Greater Manchester since May 2017.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. "Local Government Finance Statistics England No.16". local.odpm.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. Eccles, Clifton, Little Hulton, Walkden, Worsley, Salford, Irlam, Pendlebury, Cadishead, Patricroft, Monton Greater Manchester is also the third most populous county in England after Greater London and the West Midlands Following a bid from AGMA highlighting the potential benefits in combatting the financial crisis of 2007–2008, it was announced in the 2009 United Kingdom Budget that Greater Manchester and the Leeds City Region would be awarded Statutory City Region Pilot status, allowing (if they desired) for their constituent district councils to pool resources and become statutory Combined Authorities with powers comparable to the Greater London Authority. [75] The stated aim of the pilot was to evaluate the contributions to economic growth and sustainable development by Combined Authorities. [76] The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 enabled the creation of a Combined Authority for Greater Manchester with devolved powers on public transport, skills, housing, regeneration, waste management, carbon neutrality and planning permission, pending approval from the ten councils. [75] [77] Such strategic matters would be decided on via an enhanced majority rule voting system involving ten members appointed from among the councillors of the metropolitan boroughs (one representing each borough with each council nominating one substitute) without the input of central government. The ten district councils of Greater Manchester approved the creation of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) on 29 March 2010, and submitted final recommendations for a constitution to the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Transport and two days later the Communities Secretary John Denham approved the constitution and launched a 15-week public consultation on the draft bill together with the approved constitution. [78]Market Renewal: Manchester Salford Pathfinder" (PDF). Audit Commission. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2008 . Retrieved 2 March 2014. a b "Greater Manchester councils plan "unique" town centre investment strategy". localgovernmentexecutive.co.uk. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013 . Retrieved 22 June 2013. a b Kirby, Dean (1 April 2011). "All Change: Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive becomes Transport for Greater Manchester – With a New Logo of Course". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011 . Retrieved 15 November 2021. Aims and Objectives". amaechibasketballcentre.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011 . Retrieved 4 May 2011.