Westhoughton news
Demands for Lillie Bank Close footpaths to be completed
Residents of Lillie Bank Close and Watergate Close are quite rightly fed up of the unfinished footpaths on their streets. Councillor Deirdre McGeown is demanding that the developer finish them.
Work begins on new Wingates industrial estate ‘ecology areas’
Work is going to begin on Monday to create new ecology areas as part of a major new industrial estate at Wingates — but there are fears about the looming threat of thousands of lorries on Westhoughton’s roads.
Church Street traffic lights clonked by truck
The traffic lights at the top of Church Street at its junction with the A6 were clonked by a truck this week. Westhoughton councillor David Wilkinson had them repaired.
Plans submitted to modify A6 Chorley Road layout
Harworth Developers have outlined their plans for modifications to a stretch of the A6 Chorley Road, situated in front of Blue Bell Cottages.
Town councillor Linda Maher tackles A6 litter problem (again)
Town councillor Linda Maher and her family carried out a litter pick on Manchester Road, collecting three bags of rubbish just weeks after 15 were collected from the same stretch.
In pictures: Westhoughton Big Spring Clean
Westhoughton’s first Big Spring Clean event has been hailed a success after 90 bags of litter we collected by volunteers.
20 houses plan for La Scala site in Wingates
A new planning application for 20 houses has been announced, this time on Chorley Road in Wingates.