TONY Blair has instructed the madness on the M4 to stop. Yes, the bus lane that has caused chaos will be removed.

However, Wigan Council and GMPTA, despite great opposition during the "consultation" period, seem hell bent on putting in bus lanes in various locations between Leigh and Bolton.

Yes, the local authority that gave us Atherleigh Way, the 'bypass' to nowhere, or the fiasco on Princes Avenue, Astley, that is causing misery to residents, and has made Hough Lane grid-locked, or the one-way system on Church Street, Leigh, that must have cost thousands to rectify in an attempt to make us all use expensive, filthy buses, that is going to bring grid-lock and misery to Bolton commuters.

The way to get passengers on to the buses is provide clean, cheap and safe public transport with bus conductors.

Yes, we do need an efficient public transport system. However, that is achieved by public demand, not ill-thought schemes. The public will use clean, cheap buses that provide a safe environment.

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