Our esteemed council leader would like to see the stretch of Blackburn Road from Broadway to Church Street closed to all traffic, including buses. This is necessary he says due to the fact that although it is currently closed to all
but buses car drivers continue to use it.
A suggestion to use traffic lights which would only turn green for buses, meaning that any car driving through would be going through a red light and face prosecution, has been rejected. That comment doesn't really surprise me because they can't prevent people ignoring the no entry signs at present so how would they prevent them ignoring a red light?
However, and this is the part which really intrigues me............... Mr. Britcliffe says that the red light system wouldn't work because it would prevent post vans and more importantly,
the mayor's car,from accessing that part of the road (ie in front of the Town Hall) So how is making the whole thing totally pedestrian and preventing all, every and any vehicles going to be better for the post vans and the mayor's car?
And as a post script - what about delivery vans? ambulances?