IT is more than two years since I began my campaign for an unhindered walk along the pavement, the location being at the junction of West End Road and Clipsley Lane in Haydock.

There are two heavily used businesses at this point. Both of these enterprises, not having a rear exit, are forced to drive vans and cars across the pavement. Customers also park cars there.

The added danger is that there is a very busy bus stop at this location and quite often, bus users have to risk their safety to walk to the 'stop'. Short of staging a daily 'sit-in' on the pavement, what, I wonder, can be done to alter the dangerous situation?

I have voiced my complaint on numerous occasions.

My next step was to call on St Helens Council's planning officer in the Town Hall building to ask what he could do about such an extremely busy stetch of the road. It is in the vicinity of a small mini-island, on a bend that takes a huge volume of extra large and very long vehicles which frequently have to mount the pavement in order to get around this bend in the road. The officer answered by saying that it would be very difficult to widen this bend.

My next attempt to regain the pavement for the pedestrian was to write to the Merseytravel Shelters Department at Hatton Gardens in Liverpool in December 1998. I suggested that a bus lay-by, such as the one at the Haydock High School, could be considered. The then Infrastructure Officer, replied saying that it would not be feasible.

I once more brought it to the attention of St Helens Police. At a council forum at Haydock High School in August, a police inspector from the Newton division office assured me that he would investigate the matter and contact me again. I amstill waiting for his response.

I am now going public to ask the St Helens Council planning department, the highways and traffic department and the Newton division police inspector this question. Are you going to wait for an accident to occur before anything is done about this very serious concern I have? Should a fatality occur, and I pray it never will, I will again go public and say to you all "I told you so and the blame is on your shoulders."

Mrs M. Glover. Address supplied.