Hi all I am attending a Traffic meeting shortly but for now had the chance today to get a true report on lee street he it is.

 

 

 

Mr Birtles,
 
Thank you for your e-mail dated 29th August 2008.
 
As you are aware we are in the process of introducing traffic calming on Hamilton Street, Atherton.
 
There is still work outstanding to construct a speed table at the junction of Hamilton Street and Lee Street.
 
The reason that Hamilton street was selected for traffic calming is the fact that a large number of accidents had been recorded where injuries had been sustained and a speed survey indicate that many vehicles were travelling well in excess of the speed limit. The presence of two schools and a park along Hamilton Street is likely to generate high numbers of school children using and crossing this road.
 
Speed tables are being constructed at the Hamilton Street junctions' with Lee Street and Morley Street, which as well as slowing traffic down will assist the school crossing patrol at both locations.
 
Observations and evidence  had shown that a high number of vehicles were over-running the pavement when turning left from Hamilton Street into Lee Street. We felt that this problem would increase once the speed table was installed, hence increasing the danger to pedestrians and school children. The solution we arrived at was to make Lee Street one-way in a southbound direction from Tyldesley Road to Hamilton Street.

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Thank You

I hope this helps for everone to understand why,