Cars could be banned from using one of the UK’s most dangerous roads

It is simply a roadworthy that offers immoderate of the astir breathtaking views successful the UK – but Snake Pass could perchance adjacent to cars.

The celebrated way connects some Manchester and Sheffield but is nether menace due to the fact that of utmost weather and unsafe landslips.

This has led to predominant closures, particularly successful the winter, with a section councillor informing the authorization cannot support up with the outgo of repairs.

The 200-year-old road, named aft a erstwhile pub that sat by it, could alternatively unfastened up conscionable for walkers and cyclists, campaigners suggest.

Charlotte Cupit, Derbyshire County Council’s subordinate for transport, told the BBC: ‘I deliberation that Snake Pass due to the fact that of the geology of the country has ever been a spot of a situation successful presumption of landslips and question successful the area.

‘Sadly with immoderate of the floods, and immoderate of the large snowfall events, Snake bears the brunt of that rather often due to the fact that it’s 1 of the highest points successful the county.’

There are presently 4 landslips on Snake Pass of varying degrees of severity, Ms Cupit said.

She besides said that fractional of the roadworthy has disappeared on the way adjacent Alport.

This means postulation lights person been installed truthful cars lone usage 1 of the lanes.

Ms Cupit said the assembly does not person the resources if a large landslip does occur.

She warned: ‘We haven’t got the resources to beryllium capable to transportation retired the repair, due to the fact that that’s galore millions of pounds, and that would instrumentality it disconnected the wider highways fund that we presently get.

‘County-wide we lone get astir £27million a twelvemonth arsenic a base, and that’s for the full region – 3,500 miles of roads.’

Despite Snake Pass being the main way betwixt Sheffield and Manchester, Derbyshire County Council is the authorization liable for the road.

A spokesperson from Derbyshire County Council told Metro the assembly volition bash everything it tin to support the roadworthy open.

The spokesperson said: ‘We person nary plans to adjacent Snake Pass. There are respective landslips connected the road, which we are managing.

‘We anticipation that the roadworthy remains stable, and volition bash everything we tin to support it unfastened wrong the budgets that we have.’

Cycling campaigner Harry Gray told the BBC the roadworthy could beryllium turned into a cycling and walking route, akin to the adjacent Monsal Trail.

Around 300,000 radical usage that a year, which helps boost section tourism and the economy, according to Harry.

He hopes Snake Pass could go 1 of the astir celebrated walking and cycling routes successful the state if it did adjacent to cars.

Derbyshire County Council has asked the Department for Transport (DfT) for a ‘landslip fund’.

But the section stopped abbreviated of offering the section assembly this money to assistance with aboriginal repairs and said £75million has been fixed to the East Midlands Combined Authority.

A spokesperson for the DfT told Metro: ‘We recognize the disruption and vexation landslides connected Snake Pass tin origin for drivers and section communities.

‘While Derbyshire County Council is liable for the road, we person provided £75million to the East Midlands Combined Authority for 2025/26 to assistance enactment them successful maintaining their section roads.’

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