THE closure of Back Caton Road to traffic as part of the work on the Kingsway development has routed traffic through Bulk Road pushing thousands of extra vehicles past people's homes at all hours of the day and night.
County council highways engineers have also completely blocked the footpath at the Kingsway end of Skerton Bridge by placing a huge road sign on it warning motorists of the diversion.
The noise, pollution and increased traffic danger on Bulk Road
as a result of these changes is unacceptable. It is making the lives of local residents a misery and nothing has been done to help them cope with the mess.
The dumping of a large road sign on the Skerton Bridge footpath adds insult to injury , forcing Skerton residents to walk in the road to get round it and, even worse, forcing those with children and pushchairs onto the road to get past the obstruction.
It would be impossible for someone in a wheelchair to get across Skerton Bridge at the moment. The road sign should be removed immediately.
I have written to Coun Hanson, the county council cabinet member responsible for highways and transport, and asked her to instruct county council staff to get rid of the footpath obstruction
immediately and she has written to the Kingsway developers to ask them to compensate every household on Bulk Road and Gladstone Terrace with an ex gratia payment of £100 as a small token of gratitude for putting up with such a mess.
John Whitelegg
North Lancashire Green Party
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