The Focus Team and local residents’ complaints that congestion has increased in Oliver Road and made worse by the chicanes in the road, has been rejected by the Council.  The Council say that there has been little or no increase in traffic over the years and they will only review the chicanes when the redevelopment of the Score Centre and Bywaters takes place.

Local Lib Dem Focus Team member Bob Sullivan says;” Those of us who live locally, know differently.  Now that side roads are blocked off the congestion is regular and the two chicanes produce massive traffic jams.  The council’s traffic engineers obviously don’t live in the area.