General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

That was a long one!

Anyroadup, yesterday morning, I had to go to Wigan to measure some windows in Beech Hill, near t'top o'Gidlow Lane.
I came off the M6 at j25. Through Marus Bridge was no problem, not a lot of traffic, no hold-ups.
Goose Green was clear too,past St.Paul's and round the new island.
Then I had to stop. There was a traffic queue from the skew bridge back to Worsley Mesnes estate entry. Why? well, a couple of wagons had to get through, one each way. the car drivers couldn't make their minds up what to do in that situation and neither could the wagon drivers. In the minute or so that the wagons were stopped at the bridge, the traffic built up quite a way back.

And there lies the problem with Wigan and modern-day transport. It was built for horses pulling carts and railways. 44 ton trucks didn't feature in the minds of the developers of the respective eras.
In a way, Wigan was quite advanced. Then. But that advancement is now shooting it in it's foot (if it had one) whereas other towns, which lagged behind, back in the day, are now booming because they've got the space to errrr., "boom"!

I still say the new road should've gone from the M6/A49 island, round the back of Hawkley Hall estate and come into Wigan via. Ince.