General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Peter If a survey was done for traffic flow I estimate 95% of ALL traffic going through Ashton is just that . 5% are using the town for shopping/deliveries. Even the vast majority of traffic from the 3 sisters industrial estate including the buses from the depot do not come through Ashton. I don't know whether It would be feasible to make the town centre one way. A bigger junction at the top of Gerard Street use some of the money to buy the empty shop at the junction. Why waste money on paintings and murals .Years ago the council narrowed Gerard Street and made the footpath wider if no one is walking round Ashton what was the point all has they did was create a pinch point on the bend where HGV's miss each other by inches