When the bus service to Barrow Bridge ended, we helped persuade the Greater Manchester Transport Executive that some form of service was still needed for the area. They brought in the subsidised Local Link. Now that a commercial operator has decided to restore a bus service to Barrow Bridge, it was inevitable that the subsidy […]

At it’s October meeting Bolton Council supported a Liberal Democrat Motion which criticised Conservative promises made at their party Conference to remove controls put over bus operators by the recent Local Transport Act. The previous Conservative Government brought in deregulation of buses (except in London where their routes, performance and fares could be controlled). Even […]

Work is about to start on work to upgrade the traffic signals at the junction of MOSS BANK WAY with SMITHILLS DEAN ROAD and HALLIWELL ROAD. When the work is finished the signals should be more responsive to volumes of traffic during different times and should reduce delays. We are also promised that pedestrian crossing […]

Residents who use local rail services will be aware how overcrowded they are. Now we hear that the Government is to cut support for rail services in Greater Manchester by £8 million a year from October 2009. We had also been promised that the Government would order 182 new rail carriages for Northern Rail – […]