Stockport Exchange boosts active travel with Brompton Bikes
The £145m Stockport Exchange development is boosting its active travel credentials by introducing a Brompton Bike Hire dock.
The scheme delivered by Stockport Council and Muse Developments, is part of council’s visionary mayoral development corporation and is central to its £1bn town centre regeneration programme.
The new solar powered cycle dock, which launches in the Summer and will see eight docks and 12 cycles located outside the Holiday Inn Express, in close proximity to Stockport train station.
To get started, users simply register online, credit their account and can then reserve a bike either on the website, or by text message before collecting it.
Prices start from £3.50 a day and users can keep the bike for as long as they need, by simply reserving a bay and returning it to any public dock once they have finished.
‘Stockport Exchange is already one of the best-connected business hubs in the area and the new Brompton Bike Hire dock here will make it even easier and greener for people to get around Stockport and Greater Manchester,’ said senior development surveyor, Tom Webber.
‘The Brompton brand and ethos is widely recognised and aligns seamlessly with the Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC)’s aspiration to become Greater Manchester’s newest, greenest and coolest affordable urban neighbourhood.’
Cllr David Meller, cabinet member for economy and regeneration at Stockport Council, added: ‘It’s absolutely fantastic news that we have brought the Brompton Bike Hire dock to the heart of our town.
‘It will provide a huge boost to residents, workers, and visitors who want to explore what our great town has to offer.
‘This scheme will also help the council achieve one of its main objectives of its 10 year Stockport Walking and Cycling Plan, which focuses on making connections with the town’s public transport hubs. The Brompton scheme near the train station and the bus station is a great fit for helping us to achieve this.’
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