General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Mr Sedge.

I believe you when you say that Walthew House Lane is owned by Heinz from the junction with Spring Road up to the gate, I recall at the time the road was built, Heinz had built car park no 2 down there at about the same time.

But who owns Walthew House Lane from the gate up to the junction with Challenge Way?

I am saying that the incident I described was nearly ten years ago, but thinking about it I think it was more like 15 years ago, not long after JJB Warehouse no 1 was built and at that time there was only the JJB Warehouse up there and that was the only place that Challenge Way went to, so who owns Challenge Way or the part of Challenge Way outside of JJB Warehouse no 1?

Where does the NWDA fit into all this?

But I am adamant that at the time it was reported in the Wigan Evening Post that Dave Whelan owned the road which ran past the JJB Warehouse and he would not agree to it being used for through road to Kitt Green, now Heinz may well not want the road to be used at their end of Walthew Lane, but what puzzles me is why the road was built straight through there, why was two cul-de-sacs not built instead, one at each end of where the gate and soil is now?

Maybe JJB Sports have no objections now, after all Dave Whelan does not own the JJB Warehouses anymore.

A private road can be laid down in law has a public highway, by mutual agreement between the owners of the road and the local Council and then all relevant road traffic act laws apply to the road.

I think that the question here is why was “A” road built straight through from Martland Park up to Spring Road complete with pavements and street lamps?