[Margaret Pilkington]

The other Thursday I had been up to see Ma and stayed there to do some stuff.
I got the bus in town and it took something like 20 minutes to get from the Greyhound pub to Sydney Street. I could almost have walked it from town in the time it took to get down that bit of road and this was at 1pm...so i am not sure there is any lull in the traffic anymore.
The traffic lights at the Hare and Hounds were only allowing three vehicles through from the Accrington side before they changed to allow the Burnley Rd traffic through, and far more vehicles were being allowed through from that side.
It creates a bottle neck and stops the free flow of traffic on a very busy stretch of road.

I have also noticed on our trips to Bury that the lights now situated on the Rising Bridge bit of the roundabout are having a similar effect...creating bottlenecks that did not seem to exist before the installation of the lights.

I thought roundabouts were more effective at ensuring the free flow of traffic and need no power to make them work...unlike traffic lights.