What it's like to live near a street that cars can no longer get down
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTraffic has been banned next to an estate in Bolton – and some residents aren’t pleased about it. Scargill Road off the Cressingham Road estate has been permanently closed to drivers following concerns it was being used as an escape route for drug dealers during police chases.
The issues, which were raised by GMP during a recent council meeting, included non-residents driving fast through the area. Large bollards have since been placed in the middle of the street, blocking traffic from entering or leaving that part of the estate.
There were two objections against the ban, with some saying it would increase traffic levels on Cressingham Road and Hawkshead Drive, the other two routes out of the estate. READ MORE: Boy, 3, mauled to death by dog went into cardiac arrest after suffering head and neck injuries, coroner told Despite the complaints, the permanent closure of the road was approved after trial – but how do residents on the Cressingham Road estate feel about it now, weeks after it became permanent? “It's now a dumping ground, everyone dumps their rubbish and glass bottles.
It's awful,” Katherine Antrobus, 29, said. "Not that long ago someone tried coming through the estate and ran into the bollards.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk