I AM very pleased to see that Seymour Road is finally going to be closed to through traffic.

It represents a good outcome after a long campaign by residents, who have had their quality of life diminished by the impacts of too much traffic.

On the political front, it is good to see that even the local Tories have finally been won over to clear and simple traffic reduction measures, after years of arguing that vehicle weight restrictions would be enough to solve the problem.

Attention now needs to be turned to the traffic impacts on residents in the Old Road area.

Stuart Murray

Broad o'th' Lane

Astley Bridge, Bolton