The second phase of improving the town centre is now in progress. At the moment residents and shop owners from 7 to 19 Gerard Street are being consulted about their views regarding pedestrianising the area where at the moment cars are parking.
In the past the Council have received a large number rof personal accident claims from people who have fallen over in this area but because the ownership of the land has been in question it has been difficult to see a way of resolving the problem. In short nobody claims to own the land. It is, therefore,Wigan Council's intention to proceed with the scheme to pedestrianise the area.
Once the scheme has been completed the Council will adopt the area and will become responsible for its future maintenance. Naturally in light of this the Council would not allow cars or other vehicles to park on the pavements.
It is the Council's intention to programme the work for early next year as long as there are no legal reasons that the scheme cannot go ahead.
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Its time Wigan MBC spent some money improving the traffic around Ashton not cosmetic waste of time and money projects. It may look nice to all the people who spend time gridlocked whilst travaling through Ashton though i suppose.
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