General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Last month Ashton councillors and a committee were asking for ideas to improve anything to do with the town. I wrote and said why not move the traffic lights back up Bolton road by about 10yds to allow large vehicles to turn left off Wigan Road onto Bolton Road easier. This would involve moving one set of lights and increasing the delay time by about 3 seconds for vehicles wanting to turn right into Wigan Road. I got a reply back saying this would make Bolton Road into a single lane for stationary traffic and would create a tail back up Bolton Road. 1st I don't think they had ever seen the traffic tailed back up Bolton Road,2nd also I bet they have never seen HGV/Buses struggle to turn left off Wigan Road . 3rd the distance involved would only hold1-4 vehicles which now take up two lanes. Like Owd Codger says pointless coming up with any suggestions