Calls have been made for the introduction of average speed cameras on some Bolton roads to combat speeding and dangerous driving.
Suggestions have been made that Blackburn Road, from the border with Darwen to its junction with Crompton Way would be suitable for average speed monitoring. At a full council meeting last week, Bromley Cross councillor Amy Cowan said some main routes in Bolton should ‘mimic’ a scheme introduced in Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire in 2017 which runs on the A675 between the M65 at junction 3 and the border of Bolton borough at Scout Road.
That route imposes average speeds of 50mph on rural sections and 30mph through Belmont village. Coun Cowan, said: “Road traffic accidents, speeding and general dangerous driving affect the whole of the borough.
