They dont need to put a new road across the fields just open up Cotton Street.Problem solved.

Not for the residents of Cotton St.

I'll bet a tenner he doesn't live there

Which would bring you out at Sportsman St and back on to Wigan Rd at the traffic lights!!

I think you mean Clifton St!!

No he meant Cotton St

You are correct, The Watcher does mean Clifton Street.Imleythbenter is also correct,as is brad fitler.However am I alone in thinking that the residents of Clifton Street are not a selfish bunch & will gladly give up their cul-da-sac status to help save the fields.

I think you're that alone you'll be able to hear your echo!!

The sooner the road is built along the edge of the marshes the better and as this isn't an RL related topic shouldn't it have O/T attached?

Sorry, I thought RL was played on the threatened sports field in question.

Nah ...... Only Leigh Central Lions these days !!!!!!!!!!!1

..but the sports fields aren't under threat. The road is planned at the edge of the playing fields. No pitches will be lost and the developers are planning to build new changing rooms and improve the drainage to the playing field. Win win situation. The marshes are upgraded and a new relief road is built that will allow more industrial units being built on brownfield land. More jobs for the town will be created. I don't understand what the nimbys are complaining about.

Well whats all the fuss about then ? Why are the locals kicking off ? Why the big banner on someones gable end ? I still think it would be easier to knock the bollards down at the end of Clifton Street though.

Because they have little else to do, have never experienced unemployment, have never played on the Marshes nor used the 'changing facilities'.

If they were building a big chemical plant on the whole of the Marshes then fair enough, but when you look at the improvements it's a winner in my opinion.

all the fuss is about one female Wigan Road resident who loves to hear her own voice being the centre of attention. the sooner this road is in place the better for the easing of road congestion