General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Traffic lights in Wigan are controlled by Manchester UTC. (Urban Traffic Control)
The vast majority of junctions have an otu fitted which sends a signal to a control centre to change the flow of traffic at any time of day.
It is pointless extending a particular phase when the adjoining road is already gridlocked.
So sledge is right, its the ammount of traffic, but the rest of you are right, its bad planning by all local authorities.
The priority for the forseable future is pedestrian crossings, to comply with the Disabilities act.
The saddle is being UPGRADED with more pedestrian crossings.
If someone wants to contact the council about the B&q lights. The pedestrian crossing at that part of the junction is PD. (permanent demand) Very easy to fix.
Paul.