I AM an aged pensioner and recently wrote to Bolton Highways Committee to see if they would consider the erection of a medical safety crossing sign at the junction of Wythburn Avenue and Lucy Street.

Traffic speeds along this stretch of road at an alarming rate and a tragedy is waiting to happen.

In the reply I received it said that, since no serious accident had happened on this stretch of road in the last five years, no sign could be erected as this was the criteria they used for their work budgets.

What is the opinion of the Bolton electorate who use this crossing to attend the Heaton medical practice?

Roy Whittle Moorside Avenue Bolton