General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Hi,Sledge I presume you work for the Highways Dept of Wigan Metro? (Sorry if this topic doesn't come under the remit of your department, but the problem has been bugging me and others since the lights were changed over 12 months ago)
If you do? Can you explain to me and others. At the Beech Hill Avenue/ Woodhouse Drive traffic signals If you are coming from Marsh Green the lights are staggered to give you time to turn before the lights coming down Beech Hill Avenue turn to green. However there is no reciprocal stagger to allow traffic coming down Beech Hill Avenue to turn right, towards Standish Lower Ground, when the other lights, from Marsh Green, are on red. This at times causes tailbacks up Beech Hill Avenue of traffic trying to turn right. As the road about 20 yards back from the lights, is to narrow to allow traffic to pass on the inside. I have noticed that traffic are now running onto to the grass verge in order to get past, causing deep tyre tracks in the grass. Surely it wouldn't be to much trouble to stagger the lights so that when the lights coming from Marsh Green or on red the lights coming down Beech Hill Avenue stay on green for a about 20 seconds to allow the traffic to turn right, without you having to risk life and limb turning right when the lights have changed to red when you are stuck in the middle of the road.